Chinahasaccepted(接納)thelargestnumberofforeignstudentsinAsia(亞洲),accordingtothecountry'sMinistryofEducation.In2016thefigurestoodat440thousand,whichisanincrease(增加)of35%on2012.

　　

210thousandforeignstudentscameforbachelor(學(xué)士)degrees(學(xué)位),takingup47.7%ofthewhole(整體).64thousandstudentscametoChinaforMasters(碩士)andDoctoral(博士的)programsin2016.

　　

SouthKorea,AmericaandThailandtoppedthelistofcountriessendingstudentstoChina,followedbyPakistan,India,Russia,Indonesia,Kazakhstan,JapanandVietnam.Inall,205countriesandregionshadstudentsacceptedbyChina.

　　

130thousandforeignstudentsstudiedatkindergartens(幼兒園),primary(小學(xué))andmiddleschools.

　　

ThenumberofstudentsfromcountriesinvolvedintheChinainspiredBeltandRoadinitiative,alsoknownasTheSilkRoadEconomicBeltandthe21st-centuryMaritimeSilkRoad,hassignificantlyincreased.In2016,studentsfromthe64countriesintheinitiativesaw200thousandstudentscomingtoChinatostudy,representinganincreaseof13.6%comparedwithoneyearbefore.

　　

Thenumberofforeignstudentsmajoring(專業(yè))ineducation(教育),science(科學(xué)),engineering(工程)andagriculture(農(nóng)業(yè))alldoubled.

　　

Thetopfivemajorswerewesternmedicine(西醫(yī)),engineering,economy(經(jīng)濟(jì)),management(管理)andChineselanguage(中文),andsawmorethandoublethepercentageofstudents.

　　

Chinahasputmoremoneyinscholarships(獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金)toattractforeignstudents,andstudentsfromover183countrieswereawardedin2016,70%higherthan2012.

　　

詞匯Words:

　　

[xuéwèi]學(xué)位degree

　　

[xuéshì]學(xué)士bachelor

　　

[shuòshì]碩士master

　　

[bóshì]博士doctor

　　

[zhuānyè]專業(yè)major

　　

[jiàoyù]教育education

　　

[kēxué]科學(xué)science

　　

[gōngchéng]工程engineering

　　

[nóngyè]農(nóng)業(yè)agriculture

　　

[xīyī]西醫(yī)westernmedicine

　　

[jīngjì]經(jīng)濟(jì)economy

　　

[guǎnlǐ]管理management

　　

[jiǎngxuéjīn]獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金scholarship