In its early years Jimei was called the "cradle of overseas Chinese students," but nowadays most overseas Chinese who return to China to study, whichever part of the country their ancestors came from, try to get into the Beijing Chinese Language and Culture School.
不過，早年集美雖有「僑生搖籃」之稱，但目前大部分海外回來就學的僑生，不管他們的原籍是哪裡，都湧向北京的中國語言文化學校。