出国留学教育是培养和造就优秀人才的重要途径。新中国成立以后,特别是改革开放25年以来,中国政府采取了不断扩大派遣和输送留学人员的战略决策,使我国当代的出国留学教育事业和留学运动走过了辉煌而又不平凡的历程。1978年至2003年底,累计已约有70多万人通过国家公派、单位公? Studying abroad is an important way to train and bring up talented people. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, 25 years ago, the Chinese government has taken the strategic policy of constantly expanding the dispatch and delivery of overseas students to make the journey of studying abroad and studying in our country a brilliant and extraordinary course. From 1978 to the end of 2003, a total of about 700,000 people have already passed the national public camp and the unit public sector