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Facing poor job prospects at home, Chinese students see the allure of study abroad

China’s urban youth unemployment rate soared to 21.3% this past June and is expected to nudge upward to 21.4% by the end of Q3, 2023. This is a...

Special report: Chinese students are turning to Asian destinations in greater numbers

In 2023, the shape of Chinese outbound student mobility is notably different than it was in 2019. Geo-politics, concerns about safety, notoriously difficult entrance exams, and a weaker...

After domestic tuition hikes, Chinese officials reportedly considering an increase in international student fees

Chinese universities are predominantly public institutions and, as such, they rely heavily on government funding. But with a sluggish national economy, the lingering effects of the long COVID...

Youth unemployment reaches record high in China

China’s youth unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed 16-to-24-year-olds) hit a record high of 20.4% in April 2023. This is roughly four times the overall unemployment rate, and...

January border opening releasing pent-up study abroad demand from China

On 8 January 2023 the Chinese government downgraded its response measures to the COVID-19 pandemic from Category A (the highest level within its National Infection Control System control...

More signs of rising demand for study abroad in China this year

Demand for study abroad is increasing quickly in China since the government re-opened the country’s borders after almost three years of closure due to COVID precautions. So far,...

Chinese students scramble to return to campuses abroad after Ministry of Education ends certification of online degrees

Perhaps the biggest news story so far this year in international education circles is that the Chinese government has just announced that students must go abroad to study...

China’s borders open at last with easing of remaining restrictions on international travel

After weeks of public protest at the end of 2022, the Chinese government began to drop the most extreme of its COVID containment measures and has (1) opened...

Agent survey tracks key factors for study abroad planning in China and South Asia

The October 2022 cycle of the Navitas Agent Perception Survey provides some interesting comparisons between student markets in China and South Asia, some of which we see reflected...

China closes some university campuses in response to COVID policy protests

It seems like a long time ago when we were all discussing and worrying about the mental health of students isolating in their rooms and dorms in the...

Chinese agent survey highlights important trends for student recruitment this year

Growth in Chinese outbound may be slowing, but China still represents the largest or second largest nationality within the international student populations of Australia, Canada, the UK, and...

Why have Chinese student numbers been slower to recover this year?

As predicted, the flow of Chinese students to universities in Australia, Canada, the UK, and US has been weakening throughout the first years of the 2020s. There are...

Gradual reopening of Chinese border underway

The Beijing-based student service platform China Admissions is reporting a partial opening of the Chinese border for international students. The news follows a 21 July statement by Chinese...

Are China’s outbound student flows about to peak?

China has been an important driver of global growth in international student mobility for decades. As of 2020, Chinese students continued to account for a significant share of...

China: Could lockdown fatigue influence outbound student mobility?

It is too early to be definitive about this, but the pandemic appears to have had a larger-than-expected impact on outbound student numbers from China. There are a...