Mainland universities are increasingly becoming the choice for
overseas senior-school students.
During this year's college entrance examinations, about 55 percent
of senior-school graduates in Macao applied to universities on the
Chinese mainland. A total of 1,214 Macao students sat the exam for
mainland schools.
In
Taiwan, 825 graduates have signed up for the mainland college
entrance examination, double last year's number.
Renowned institutions including Peking University
and Tsinghua
University have been the top choices for students in
Taiwan.
Besides Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong, sources with the Ministry of
Education said that more and more overseas Chinese graduates living
abroad have also applied to mainland universities.
This year, Jinan University in coastal Guangdong Province alone has
received 3,000 applicants from overseas ethnic Chinese
students.
Any qualified overseas students can apply for a scholarship to
study on the Chinese mainland, the source said.
A
total of 325 students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao took the
college entrance exam Friday in Xiamen, East China's Fujian
Province, 140 more than last year. Among them, 105 are from
Taiwan.
A
total of 28 students from Jinmen in Taiwan went to Xiamen on
Tuesday to take the special entrance exam for Hong Kong, Macao and
Taiwan students.
Xiamen University is their first choice. Some parents of the
students say that the study environment of mainland universities is
good, the tuition is relatively low and that mainland universities
offer more choices to the Jinmen students.
Some Jinmen officials predicted that more and more Jinmen students
will attend Xiamen University. Last year, 14 Jinmen students took
the exam and five of them passed.
After one year of pre-study, the five students will become freshmen
at Xiamen University. New academic years begin in September.
In
Fujian Province, the exam is only held in Xiamen. Many Taiwan
students choose universities in Fujian, such as Xiamen University,
Jimei University in Xiamen and Quanzhou Huaqiao University.
(China
Daily June 22, 2002)