Overseas study still popular despite virus By ZOU SHUO | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-05 10:10 Share CLOSE A visitor consults at the UK counter at China Education Expo in Beijing in October 2017. [Photo provided to China Daily] Pandemic situation influences choice, along with friendliness toward China Most Chinese students studying at overseas universities or planning to do so remain keen on foreign study despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report showed. Ninety-one percent of prospective Chinese overseas students said they still plan to study abroad, while 92 percent of existing overseas students plan to return to their schools abroad in the near future, according to the annual Report on Chinese Students' Overseas Study, which was released recently.