Mainland students studying abroad should have clear career plans

A BLUE BOOK on the employment of Chinese mainland students who have studied overseas, released by the Education Ministry on March 25, shows it has become increasingly difficult for mainland students to find a job overseas after graduating from a foreign college, and more and more of them are returning to the mainland to look for a job after obtaining a foreign diploma. Beijing News commented on Wednesday:

Last year, 523,700 students from the Chinese mainland went to study abroad, and 409,100 mainland graduates came back home. The gap between the two numbers is becoming smaller year by year.

That a large number of mainland students, who form closed circles, concentrate in some foreign middle schools and universities, makes it difficult for them to integrate into local life, as there is no need for them to step out of their social circle in their daily lives. But once they leave school, their small societies will collapse, exposing them to an unfamiliar environment overnight.