Gaining a competitive edge

The school celebrates United Nations Day in October with a parade of its international students. About 30 percent of graduates from the Wellington and Hiba schools go to the world's top 20 universities and about 60 percent go to top 50 universities. Qiao recalls a boy named Marcus from a family of Spanish and English parents who began his studies at a Wellington school in Tianjin at age 11. Qiao also mentioned that the number of Chinese students from the group's Hiba brand （which accepts students of both expat and Chinese parents）, who returned to the country after pursuing studies overseas, is on a significant rise. A report by LinkedIn released in August echoed these statistics — 84 percent of Chinese students pursuing further studies abroad prioritize returning to China as their first option for their career.