One.2012 study abroad basic trends
1. The number of study abroad continues to rise, approaching 40 million
21st century, with the development of economic globalization and China's economy to enhance the conditions, more and more people choose to study abroad, sharp rise in the number of students studying in China. In 1978-2012, China sent a total of 2,644,700 students, of which more than 90% of the students at their own expense. Since 2007, the growth spurt in the number of study abroad is another rapid growth following the beginning of 2000. 2007-2011, the number of study abroad for four consecutive years of growth in the proportion of more than 20%.
In 2011, the number of study abroad in China has reached 33.97 million, accounting for 14% of the global number of students in March 2013, in the fourth game of the New Year press conference of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of International Cooperation and exchanges Zhang Xiuqin,studying abroad in 2012 an increase of 59,900 compared to 2011, reaching 399,600, an increase of 17.65%, once again set a record high, China will continue to sit tight in the throne of the world's largest exporter of students.

                 Figure from 2007 onwards, the number of study abroad growth spurt after the beginning of 2000, following yet another period of rapid growth.
 

As can be seen from the figure, the number of study abroad in 2012 is fast approaching the 400,000 mark, but growth has slowed down, several consecutive years of growth has been suspended more than 20% of the growth in the proportion fell by nearly 5 percentage points in 2012 thanan increase of 17.65% in 2011, growth in the number of less than 60,000 people.
United States: according to the number of United States, "2012 of portal and opening up Report" in in,2011-2012 by the the The institutions of higher education of the United States admission of Chinese students from 157 558 increased to 194 029, representing a growth rate of for the 23.1%, far more than international in the United States students an average of only an increase of 5.7% of the figures.

         Figure in 2011-2012, the growth rate in the number of students in the United States and China far more than the average growth rate of the U.S. Agency for International students

Three consecutive years of growth of the Chinese students at the undergraduate stage. The data show that in terms of the proportion of students, total enrollment of Chinese students increased by 23%, a 31% increase in the number of undergraduate. More than the increase in graduate students. Although the United States the main body of the Chinese students still graduate students, but 38.4% of the proportion of undergraduates has been close to 45.8% of the graduate students. This trend and the improvement of China's domestic conditions and to study the atmosphere of not unrelated.

      UK: In recent years, China studying in number each year to maintain steady growth, China has become the UK's first source markets, the proportion of students accounted for 15% of the total number of international students. New students studying in China in 2012 was about 6.5 million people. According to Miss Liu Jing, Marketing Manager of the Education Section of the British Embassy, in 2012, the UK Border Agency in China awarded more than 56,000 student visas and 9,000 short-term learning students visit visa.
Canada: 2012, Canada to study the market is developing rapidly, the number of Chinese students studying in Canada increased from 21,812 in 2011 to nearly 25,000 in 2012, representing a growth rate of approximately 15%. Which high school students choose to study in Canada, the increasing number of, the proportion has reached more than 70% (including high school and undergraduate), the main high school students studying in Canada.
Australia: 2012 Australia has emerged from the low period of 2009-2010, Chinese students studying in one of the most popular country to again become the sound momentum of development.
February 22, 2013, the Commissioner of Education of the Australian Trade Commission, Miss Xu Peiyi reviewed the overall situation in 2012 to study in Australia. According to Miss Xu Peiyi from July 1 to December 31 in 2012, the Chinese student visa applications reached 14,748, an increase of 18.3% over the same period last year in Australia; Chinese student visa issued amounted to 14,083, growth over the same period last year 13.5%. According to Miss Xu Peiyi 2011-2012 fiscal year (July 2011-June 2012), Australia to the outside of the Chinese mainland students issued more than 23,000 student visas, of which 571 (Secondary) student visa more than 2800 copies, 573 and 574 class (class of higher education, including undergraduate courses) more than 18,000 copies.
Chinese students studying in Australia for the fiscal year 2011-2012 the largest source of Guangdong Province, the annual student visa applications reached 2895, followed by Jiangsu, Shanghai and Beijing. China to Australia to study the number of the top five cities are Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shenyang.
With reference to growth in the second half of 2012 (13.5%), the number of students studying in Australia in 2013 is about 3.5-4 million.
2.Students growing much younger age
Along with China continued to study the market hot, study younger age trend is increasingly evident.
(1)The growth in the number of undergraduate and studying
According to the U.S. Open Report,2011-2012 the United States the number of Chinese students of the undergraduate growth rate of 31%, more than 23% on average figures, the holder of the undergraduate students have been close to the United States the number of graduate school.
According to the Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House International Talent Blue Book "study in China Development Report (2012)," high school or less the number of students studying abroad in China in 2010 was 76,400, accounting for 19.8% of the total number of persons in the year to study abroad. 2011, only high school students to study abroad number up to 76,800, accounting for 22.6% of the China's total number of students.
Directly abroad as an undergraduate and high school students are basically the same, choose to go abroad secondary schools in a number of substantial growth. Countries continuing to adopt favorable policies, such as the United States to the liberalization of the visa interview conditions, Australia high school free IELTS reduce the difficulty of the junior high school version of the TOEFL is recognized by more and more schools, more so that more and more Chinese families choose to study in advance, send their children to high school overseas.
(2)Plan to study abroad population analysis
According to the 2012 China International Education Exhibition during the investigation report can be seen, the academic levels of students planning to study abroad, undergraduate students accounted for 51%, followed by high school students accounted for 38% of graduate students, about 5% plan to study abroad, worthy of attentionintention to study abroad 6% of the population, there are a lot of junior high school and even primary school students. Since 2005, the high school students to study in the United States increased by more than 10 times.

                             As can be seen in Figure studying abroad has become increasingly prominent trend of younger age
Abroad intention of the surveyed high school students, 59% of the planned high school graduation university abroad, 16% plan to go abroad to continue high school, 14% plan to finish college in the country for graduate study abroad, as well as 9% of the students Xiankaodomestic universities, depending on the college entrance examination results.
 
(3)In recent years, the number of TOEFL, SAT exam changes
 Recent years TOEFL candidates under the age of 18 rapid growth, and growth has doubled in the outbreak, a clear trend reflects one aspect of the study in younger age.

In recent years, the Chinese mainland to take the SAT, the number of candidates rising. October 2007 to June 2008, about 7000 candidates to Hong Kong from the Mainland to participate in the SAT, the 10 months to June 2009 doubled to more than 15,000 people. In 2011, the number of candidates in the Mainland again refresh, close to 2 million people. 2012 students take the SAT, compared with the same period last year increased by 30%. The 19-year-old to 23-year-old age is still the mainstream crowd of candidates, but the young age of 18 candidates, there was greater increase.

Second, to study the general characteristics

1.Diverse destination still come out on top
The survey shows that accounted for more than 75% of the total number of Chinese students abroad at their own expense to study the market in China, the number of people in these four countries to the United States and Britain, Australia and Canada, the United States is still the champion. In addition, in recent years, because of its high quality education system has become one of the Chinese students studying in the important choice.

     The picture above shows the 2012-2013 Chinese students studying abroad at their own expense, the actual whereabouts of the national distribution, the United States, Britain, Australia points out three

       2.The students source tends to be normal, outstanding students to join the ranks of the study in
Changes occur simultaneously with students younger age, to give up the college entrance examination abroad is the the escape family ", University of insufficient results or not enough to enter the domestic elite, this years top students to go abroad more and more, the structure of studentsshowing normal development.
According to media reports, four top of the high school in Shanghai, the proportion of outstanding student abroad has an average of about 10% to 20%, even up to 30% to 40%. If coupled with the international programs of the elite high school classes, some schools abroad outstanding student ratio has exceeded 50%. Many outstanding students from freshman in high school put the target at the top schools such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge.

Third studying consumer

 
     The global economic downturn, the Western countries generally fall into the economic downturn, generally poor in the context of the institution's financial position, the huge international demand for education and the spending power of the value of foreign institutions and education related industries.
According to the survey, study exam training about the market size of 30 billion yuan / year; addition, students paid to study intermediary service costs about more than 5 billion yuan. Overseas to study consumption data is even more alarming, the annual consumption data according to statistics about 1500-2000 billion yuan, including tuition fees, accommodation, living expenses, insurance, medical and other expenses. Roughly, the scale of China's annual study consumer market at least in the more than 250 billion yuan, most of the cash outflow is the world's first study in consuming countries. U.S. Open report shows that students from mainland China in 2012 for the United States contributed $ 5.7 billion, or about 36 billion yuan.
1 Study in hot countries tuition on the rise
Study in hot countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand tuition fees were improved in recent years.
United States: According to the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics data released on July 12, 2012, out-of-state tuition in the 2011-2012 school year college tuition generally rose, the state of the U.S. public university or college tuition rose 9%;or 5.6%; private non-profit university or college tuition rose 4.3%; profit university or college tuition with the previous year.
Canada: October 12, 2012, according to Statistics Canada report noted that Canadian undergraduate tuition this year, rising for the second consecutive year, the rate of increase more than the inflation rate, undergraduate tuition increase of 4%, while graduate tuition this year also rose3.7%.
United Kingdom: In order to alleviate the pressure on the economy, the UK education sector had to change tuition policy, the college tuition of the national and European and American students the maximum £ 9,000 per academic year from the current £ 3,290 raised to other international students, including China,the tuition fees will remain the original policy and the increase of about 10%.
2.Study in hot countries to study cost comparison
For a long time, Chinese students and parents think that the British tuition is world's most expensive, it is not true, in a study in hot countries, the countries with the highest tuition in the United States, about 200,000 yuan / year, followed by Australia, approximately160,000 yuan / year, due to changes in the sterling exchange rate, Canada, United Kingdom or less, respectively, 150,000 yuan / year and 140,000 yuan / year.
     Study in hot countries, first in the cost of living is still the United States, about 100,000 yuan / year, ranking second in Singapore, which is about 80,000 yuan / year, the cost of living in Australia, the United Kingdom or less, about80,000 yuan / year.
Comprehensive look at the total cost of tuition and living expenses of the study countries, ranked first in the United States, about 300,000 yuan / year, Australia ranked second, about 240,000 yuan / year, the United Kingdom ranked third, the annualaverage consolidated cost about 230,000 yuan, Canada and New Zealand were ranked fourth and fifth, the average annual spend of approximately 190,000 yuan.

 
  On the picture shows students the total cost comparison chart, the total cost of the highest ranked second in Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand points out three to five