Why the U.S. Is Losing Foreign Graduates - Businessweek
"...After finishing their studies, large numbers of foreign students have traditionally chosen to stay in the U.S. to work full-time or pursue postdoctoral work. But that dynamic appears to be changing, the report says. Of the survey respondents, very few would like to stay in the U.S. permanently; only 6% of Indian, 10% of Chinese, and 15% of Europeans. The largest group of respondents wants to return home within five years—45% of Indian, 40% of Chinese, and 30% of European students."
Over 270,000 overseas Chinese students return in 2012 CCTV News - CNTV English
"...China is now the world’s largest source of overseas students. And the country’s globalization is greatly benefiting from the talents returning home. A recent report shows the rising trend to come back after graduation or a few years of work.
"Staying or leaving?"
That’s a question many overseas Chinese students ask each other--and themselves--repeatedly.
And the latest study shows more and more are heading home.
According to the newly released report on overseas Chinese students returning to China, more than 270,000 returned in 2012. That’s nearly a 47 percent jump from the previous year.
In the past five years, 800,000 students have returned after graduation, triple the number between 1978 and 2008.
The main attraction is enormous job opportunities brought by China’s maturing economy.
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The report notes the reasons for coming back vary according to generation. For those born in the 1960s and 70s, it was career development. For those born in the 1980s and 90s, over 90 percent choose "family" as their primary reason."
More students back from abroad CCTV News - CNTV English
The number of Chinese students returning from overseas is set to exceed those going abroad within the next five years, a survey released on Monday shows.
The report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Chinese talent returning home said the number coming back has continued to increase since 2004.
By 2018, the balance is likely to tilt in favor of the returnees.
Last year, about 2.6 million Chinese went overseas for education, training or on exchange programs, compared with more than 1 million who returned from abroad.
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The report says more than 60 percent of those returning found jobs within six months. Some 25 percent were hired by foreign companies and their branches in China, with the finance sector being the biggest attraction.
"The younger generation feels comfortable living in China after studying overseas, because it would be very difficult for them to merge into mainstream society in a foreign country," said Xia Yingqi, 64, chief adviser at the Beijing Overseas Chinese Talent Center...
But despite the increasing number of students returning from overseas, the cream of them — those with doctorate degrees in science or engineering — are still unwilling to come back.
Statistics from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that from 1990 to 1999 nearly 90 percent of overseas Chinese students falling into this category chose to stay abroad. The situation shows no sign of changing.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' report said more than half of the Chinese who returned from overseas in 2012 were undergraduates."