BEIJING (ANN): China is attracting an unprecedented number of foreign students on the back of its rising influence and globalisation, putting the country in a distinct position of being not just the world's top "supplier" of international students but also a leading educational draw, according to latest analyses.
"In China, which aspires to host half a million international students by 2020 (and is close to reaching that goal), international students are benefiting from new opportunities to undertake internships, smoothed pathways to residency permits, and a variety of programmes which enable graduates to stay in-country to work," according to a major industry report released in Beijing on Wednesday (Dec 12).