British summer schools help students integrate

British summer schools have become the prep program for many Chinese students looking to study overseas.

A total of 38,000 Chinese students participated in summer camp programs in the United Kingdom in 2013, an increase of 50 percent year-on-year, figures from the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate-General showed.

"With Chinese families becoming more wealthy, the cost of overseas summer programs is no longer the top concern. Instead, more students are willing to taste the informal British education during summer to better understand the British school system and educational atmosphere," said He Chugang, general manager of Amber Education's Southern China region, a Hong Kong-based education counseling firm.