Shenzhen to build more international schools

Shenzhen plans to build five or six more international schools by 2020 in an effort to meet the demand of a growing foreign population.

The move is also in line with its efforts to build an international, modern and innovative city.

According to official statistics, more than 26,000 foreigners from 127 countries and regions were living in Shenzhen as permanent residents in 2015, growing 7.2 percent from a year earlier. Japanese were the biggest foreign group, followed by South Korea, the United States, India and Canada.