Abstract:
This paper investigated the determinant factors of the international students in China by choosing the export of core cultural products as the measure of cultural identity and employing a sample of international students from the top 9 countries from 1992 to 2012. The results show that cultural identity has a significant role in promoting the scale of international students in China. Every 1% increase in the level of cultural identity can increase the international students in China by about 0.116%.To further expand the scale of international students in China, in addition to promote economic, educational and technological factors to attract foreign students, but also to expand the spread of Chinese culture and enhance the recognition of Chinese culture in other countries.
QU Ru-xiao, LI Jing, YANG Xiu.An Empirical Study of the Effect of Cultural Identity on International Students in China[J] Economic Survey, 2016,V33(3): 48-53