Students throng the first Chinese higher education expo in 2016The expo, held in association with The School of Chinese Language in Calcutta, will be inaugurated by higher education minister Partha Chatterjee on Thursday. In 2016, more than 4,000 students had attended the expo and dozens had signed up to study in China at the Milan Mela venue, he recalled. Currently, around 18,000 Indian students are studying in China, including a few hundred from Bengal, the consulate said. According to May 2017 figures, there are 2,914 colleges and universities in China with over 20 million students. "Indian students studying in China will understand Chinese culture while people in China will get acquainted with Indian ways.

Source: The Telegraph May 07, 2018 21:22 UTC