From the diagram, we can see the number of Chinese applying for overseas study keeps rising from 2004 to 2015, reaching about 300,000 according to IIE (Institute of International Education). And among those overseas students, young Chinese attending American high schools have sharply increased by almost 100 times for the past 11 years What accounts for the increase? In my opinion, at least three factors contribute to the change. To begin with, it is closely related to the rising wealth of the Chinese. With their living standards steadily going up, they have adequate extra money to afford overseas education. More importantly, the change has a lot to do with people’s attitudes towards overseas education. More and more parents believe that they should manage to send their children earlier to the U.S. A poll in August showed that 21 percent of Chinese people now believe that the best time for someone to study abroad is during their high school years, while early this century most Chinese believed that overseas studies should be reserved for postgraduates. Finally, the change is promoted by the fact that students who spend their high school years in the U.S have a better chance to be accepted by U.S. universities. "It's easier for students to enter American universities, if they attend high schools there," said Eliza Chou, an education consul in Shanghai. As far as I am concerned, it’s a good thing since it brings benefits not only to themselves but to the development of China. Being the most promising economy in the foreseeable future, China is definitely among the list of best countries to work in for quite a long time. (180 words)