Professionals working overseas present good image

Overseas Chinese are presenting a positive image of their motherland, as increasing numbers of them come from higher educational backgrounds and work in technological professions and management, according to a report on this growing group.

At least 85 percent of overseas Chinese professionals have master's degrees or higher, and around 40 percent of them have doctoral degrees, said Wang Huiyao, president of the Center for China and Globalization and one of the authors of the report on overseas Chinese professionals this year.

Those ranging in age from 30 to 49 accounted for 64 percent of overseas professionals.