根据教育部统计,从1978年到2003年,我国各类出国留学人数累计达70.02万人,留学回国人员总数达17.28万人。2003年,我国年度留学回国人数首次突破两万人,为2.01万人,比上一年增长了12.3%,其中自费留学回国人数增长了15%,公派留学回国人数增长了7.4%。曾几何时,留学是极少数人才能争取到的荣耀;而今随着我国改革开放步伐的加快和国际交流的日益频繁,出国留学早已是“旧时王谢堂前燕,飞入寻常百姓家”。随着国内经济发展势头的高涨,海外学子归国大潮涌起,有了在国外游学的经历,他们更加珍惜中国蓬勃向上的发展势头,积极争取国内的发展和创业机遇,实现各自不同的抱负和梦想。本刊记者采访了改革开放后,不同时期留学、不同时期回国的9名“海归”,试图从中探寻时代变迁下,人们对留学、回归的不同选择、经历和看法。 According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, from 1978 to 2003, the total number of overseas students studying abroad in our country reached 70.02 million and the total number of returned overseas students reached 172,800. In 2003, the number of returned overseas students in our country topped 20,000 for the first time to 20,100, an increase of 12.3% over the previous year. Among them, the number of returned overseas students at their own expense increased by 15% and that of returned overseas students by public schools increased by 7.4%. At one time, study abroad was the glory that few people could win. Nowadays with the acceleration of China’s reform and opening up and the increasingly frequent international exchanges, going abroad to study abroad has long been an “ex-old Wang Xietang expedition into the home of ordinary people.” With the rapid development of the domestic economy, overseas students have returned to their hometowns. With the experience of traveling abroad, they also cherish the vigorous momentum of China’s vigorous development and actively strive for domestic development and entrepreneurial opportunities to realize their different ambitions and dream. This reporter interviewed 9 after the reform and opening up, study abroad at different periods, returned to China at different times, “returnees”, trying to explore the changing times, people study abroad, return to different options, experiences and views.