According to figures compiled by the National Youth Commission, returned overseas students in the ROC totaled just 2300 before 1971. But the number jumped sharply during the 1970s, exceeding 10,000 as of last July.
根據青輔會統計，民國六十年以前，我國留學生回國總數，僅有二千三百多人；六十年之後，人數大增；到去年六月止，已有一萬多人回來，十年來共成長了四倍。