5. China attracts more students from overseas
   http://www.chinanews.com/news/9604/19/041912aa.eng
  
  
  Beijing, April 19 (CNS) -- According to statistics compiled by the
  State Education Commission, close to 37,000 overseas students
  were studying in China in 1995 as against 12,000 in 1991.
  
  Last year the State Education Commission, in cooperation with
  foreign countries, offered scholarships to students from 147
  foreign territories as a result of which 4,097 foreign students
  benefited from the Chinese Government's scholarship scheme.
  
  Undergraduates made up 40 per cent of this number while 18 per
  cent were undertaking a second degree , 4 per cent studying for a
  doctorate and 38 per cent pursuing other electives.
  
  Even more other students came to China, without the aid of these
  scholarships, either on an individual basis, or on inter-college and
  regional exchanges.
  
  1995 saw an intake of 32,758 foreign students in 283 Chinese
  tertiary institutions. This was 49 per cent higher than the year
  before and almost four times that of 1991.
  
  Over recent years, overseas students enrolled at universities in
  China have been admitted to their facilities based upon criteria
  laid down by those particular institutions. A side-effect of this has
  been that the numbers enrolled have far exceeded those prescribed
  by the Central Government.
  
  To cope with this situation, the State Education Commission has
  asked colleges and universities to adopt standard admission
  procedures by evaluating the academic suitability and Chinese
  language ability of applicants bearing in mind that quality must
  take precedence over quantity.
  
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