Belt and Road Initiative & Bangladesh
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8.2 Bangladeshi students in China
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Since the inception of BRI,
the number of Bangladeshi
students pursuing higher
education
universities
in
has
Chinese
grown
rapidly over the years.
For example, 4,905 more
Bangladeshi students went
to study in China in 2016,
compared to 2015.
Chinese
government
scholarships are offering
lucrative higher education
opportunities to students
from Bangladesh.
Number of students in
thousand
Figure: Number of Bangladeshi students going to
China for higher education per year (in thousand)
18
16
14
12
10
642086 +20
3.765
2.566
1.964
1.253
2 0.941
4.905
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Year
■ Increase ■ Decrease ▪ Total
CENTRE FOR
POLICY DIALOGUE
Source: Authors' illustration based on data from China's
Foreign Affairs (2012-2017), Department of Policy Planning,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.R.C
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