Science Fair for Returned Students in South China

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, December 28, 2001

Science Fair for Returned Students in South China

The Fourth Guangzhou Science and Technology Exchange Fair for Chinese Overseas Students opened Friday in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province.

The Fourth Guangzhou Science and Technology Exchange Fair for Chinese Overseas Students opened Friday in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province.

Senior officials with the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Personnel attended the opening ceremony.

More than 2,600 Chinese students who are studying in or have returned from the United States, Canada, Britain, Japan, Germany and other countries and overseas regions will attend the fair, bringing projects involving bio-pharmaceutical, information technology, environmental protection, new materials and energy and other high-tech industries for cooperation.

About 46.5 percent of the participating students are from the United States, according to statistics.

Of all the students, 48.9 percent have received their doctorate degrees abroad, and another 40 percent have got master's degrees.

A survey conducted by the Guangdong government shows that 30.8 percent of overseas students hope to return to China to work, and 20.8 percent expect to start their own businesses in the country.

Forums and seminars during the fair will help target the students' research achievements to over 255 domestic enterprises and government departments which are also attending the fair for their cooperation.

Officials say that about 140,000 students have returned to China.