The Beijing International Education Institute (BIEI) has released the results of their first 2010 survey on Chinese students plans to study abroad.

The study was carried out in 12 major cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Jinan, Dalian, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Changsha, Qingdao and Shenyang. Researchers surveyed nearly 6,000 students in both middle school and university, as well as their parents.

The report found that the most popular destinations for Chinese students are the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Singapore and Germany. Of those nations the most favoured was the US, with 43% of respondents favouring it, followed by the UK with 19% and Australia with 12%.

BIEI also found that the most popular courses for Chinese students overseas are finance and accounting, marketing, and business administration with approximately 70% of British-bound Chinese students planning to study business.

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