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A total of 71 middle schools in Shanghai have gained certificates from the local educational authority allowing them to enroll international students, according to Wednesday's China Daily. A group of Japanese parents paid a visit to Shanghai Ganquan Middle School earlier this week after the school held a public recruitment meeting in Osaka, Japan last December. "They are considering sending their children to study here," said Liu Guohua, headmaster of the school. And 10 Japanese children are already studying at this school which is known for its Japanese language teaching. In tandem with Chinese middle school students' hot pursuit of going abroad, the Shanghai government will regularly organize these middle schools to go abroad to recruit students this year according to the International Exchange Department under the Shanghai Education Commission. Liu Jiangyuan, an official of the commission, said Shanghai hasbeen organizing its colleges and universities to hold annual jointrecruitment expositions abroad. "Now, it is the time for our middle schools to go abroad," saidLiu, noting it was "a natural tendency" as the city strengthens its links with the international community. Shanghai's middle schools recruited more than 500 overseas students last year, mainly from Asian countries such as Japan and the Republic of Korea, according to the commission's statistics. Overseas students at the local middle schools also come from other countries including the United States, Canada, Brazil and Thailand. (Xinhuanet)
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