越来越多的中国学生选择出国留学

Some of China's brightest young minds are choosing to study abroad as they consider ways to broaden their horizons and improve their job prospects. A growing number are choosing to study in the US. Universities there are eager to attract Chinese students to improve campus diversity, and earn attractive income.

Mao Saifeng chose to study at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies simply because it ranked so highly in academic performance.

Mao Saifeng, graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Adv. Int'l Studies, said, "So I looked at Foreign Policy and I looked at the rank and I applied to the top five. That's it." But he's skeptical of things like glossy magazine adverts, trying to attract students from China.

Mao Saifeng, graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Adv. Int'l Studies, said, "I would not look at these kinds of magazines. To me, if the university tries to promote itself, probably does not have other credibility."

Mao and his fellow graduate Yijing Zhong have specialized in energy, aiming to help China meet its future needs.

Zhong Yijing, graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Adv. Int'l Studies, said, "Younger generation is becoming more mature, more daring more international. That's helping China to reach its peaceful rise, you know."

At President Clinton's former place of learning, Georgetown University, Norean Sharpe at the McDonough School of Business says Chinese students benefit from a global outlook.

Norean Sharpe, senior Associate Dean of George Town Univ. McDonough School of Business, said, "The corporations, you know, they're all multi-national now, how the global economies across boundaries, how they interact."

Kristin Williams at George Washington University regularly travels to China to advise students and their parents about how to make the right choices and strikes a note of caution.

Kristin Williams, assistant provost of George Washington University, said, "It's just a booming business in China to have people thinking they're going to make money off of people wanting to go to school. I'd rather not see the Chinese students spending their money that way."

The number of Chinese students studying in the US has been rising by an average of 25% over the last three academic years.

The figures are expected to continue rising and for Chinese student to take on a broader range of studies, providing an uNPRecedented opportunity for the exchange of ideas and expertise across the Pacific.