Big rise in Chinese overseas

Numbers of those rushing to work and live abroad double to 9.3 million in 2 decades

Overseas shores are luring Chinese citizens in ever-increasing numbers, according to a major annual report.

The number of Chinese going abroad to work or study has doubled in two decades, from 4 million in 1990 to 9.3 million in 2013, according to the report by the Center for China and Globalization released on Wednesday.