With over 60 million overseas Chinese worldwide, Zhejiang Province boasts a particularly massive expatriate population. Many second-generation overseas Chinese live abroad long-term, lacking systematic immersion in their mother tongue and traditional Chinese culture. As a result, they widely face a weakening sense of national and cultural identity. Many overseas Chinese parents hope their children can return to China to delve deep into Chinese culture and build a sense of identity, but they struggle to find the right educational path.

Meanwhile, competition in the standard Gaokao is growing fiercer by the day, with admission thresholds continually rising. Having been exposed to overseas curricula for a long time, overseas Chinese students find their knowledge system poorly aligned with the domestic Gaokao, giving them zero academic advantage in the standard exam. Although the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students (JEE) is an exclusive pathway for overseas Chinese students to enter university, considering its exam requirements and difficulty, it is not their ideal curriculum. What these students truly need is an exclusive track that can rebuild their cultural identity, bypass domestic academic burnout, and lead them directly to top-tier undergraduate programs.

Specialized Undergraduate Program for Overseas Chinese

Drawing upon Hailiang Education’s 30 years of mature international school-running experience, Hailiang Foreign Children’s School proudly launches the Overseas Chinese Undergraduate Pathway. On one hand, the program offers systematic education in Chinese language and traditional culture to rebuild overseas Chinese students’ sense of cultural belonging. On the other hand, it provides a customized, exclusive curriculum for overseas Chinese higher education, bypassing the fierce Gaokao competition and fully leveraging their academic advantages. It serves as a one-stop solution to meet the two core needs of overseas Chinese children: cultural cultivation and admission to top-tier universities.

Thirty Years of Educational Excellence

Hailiang Education, a subsidiary of the Fortune Global 500 company Hailiang Group, was founded in 1995. With 30 years of deep commitment to K-12 education, it is a leading brand in China’s private education sector. Its self-operated schools house over 60,000 teachers and students, forming a complete international education ecosystem. The school boasts a highly capable faculty, bringing together Special-grade teachers, Senior-grade teachers, graduates from prestigious universities like Tsinghua and Peking University, and top-tier educators from home and abroad. They possess the dual capability of both domestic academic research and international bilingual teaching.

Its subsidiary, Hailiang Foreign Children’s School (HIS), is officially certified by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, holding accredited qualifications to enroll overseas Chinese and foreign students. The campus covers an area of 1,280 mu (approx. 211 acres) and shares first-class hardware facilities such as a constant-temperature swimming pool, professional laboratories, libraries, as well as living and recreational amenities. Meanwhile, authorized by the Hanban as an official HSK test center, the school is fully equipped with systematic Chinese language teaching and comprehensive facilities tailored for overseas Chinese students’ exam preparation.

Why Trust Us?

With years of educational experience, we enroll foreign, overseas Chinese, and Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan students from over 30 countries and regions worldwide, and are highly familiar with the growth characteristics of overseas Chinese students. We excel at addressing the weaknesses of overseas students in Chinese language and their insufficient understanding of Chinese culture. We offer tiered Chinese enhancement courses, regularly carry out traditional culture study tours, and build a sense of national and cultural identity among overseas Chinese students with a targeted approach.

Seamless Domestic and International Pathways to Higher Education

We bridge the dual pathways of Sino-foreign cooperative universities and prestigious global universities, backed by years of deep-rooted experience in cultivating students within international curricula. The majority of our past overseas Chinese graduates have successfully gained admission to QS Top 50 universities. Having a deep understanding of the pain points in transitioning from overseas curricula to the domestic knowledge system, we customize exclusive teaching plans tailored for overseas Chinese students, helping them effectively bypass the disadvantages of the competitive Gaokao.

Small-Class, East-Meets-West Integrated Teaching

We feature co-teaching by Chinese and foreign teachers, a high 1:4 teacher-to-student ratio, small-class teaching, tiered elective-based classrooms, and personalized tracking of academic progress. Supported by bilingual tutoring, cross-cultural psychological counseling, and exclusive living arrangements for overseas Chinese students, we properly address common challenges such as repatriation adjustment, cultural integration, and academic gaps. With years of serving European-Zhejiang expatriate families, we have accumulated a large number of real-life cultivation success cases.

Precisely Meeting the Deep Expectations of Overseas Chinese Families

With deep insight into the unique situation of overseas Chinese families—”careers abroad, roots in China”—we understand that parents’ expectations for their children go far beyond a mere diploma. They hope their children acquire the literacy to bridge two cultures, the capability to inherit the family business, and the confidence to stand firm in the international community. Centered around four dimensions—academic competence, international perspective, English proficiency, and high-quality academic qualifications—we construct a growth model: we build a solid foundation of cultural belonging through tiered Chinese and traditional culture courses, and achieve effortless switching between Chinese and English environments through immersive bilingual teaching. This ensures that the children’s knowledge and horizons truly live up to their parents’ expectations and sustain the future of the family.

Through this journey, students are not only prepared for academic success but also develop a deeper connection with their cultural heritage through learning Chinese. By improving their language skills and understanding of Chinese traditions, they gain the confidence to communicate across cultures, embrace their identity, and become future global citizens with both international perspectives and cultural roots.