According to China University Alumni Association, 19.39% students choose to study Economics and 19.06% select Business Management, which means business & management related majors account for almost half of the popular majors.

The third most popular major in China is Informatics Engineering (6.87%) followed tightly by Law (6.53%). From No. 5 to No. 10, the most popular majors are almost all STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) majors such as Biological Sciences (5.93%), IT and Computer Sciences (5.72%), Architecture (3.84%), Physics (3.37%) and Automation Engineering (3.23%).

It’s not until No. 11 that some social science majors such as Chinese language and literature, foreign language studies and journalism appear.

Source: 中国日报双语新闻