美国新增国际学生人数骤降

All places of origin and regions saw declines in the number of students enrolled at US higher education institutions and online from abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Open Doors 2021 Report on International Educational Exchange, released Monday.

11月22日公布的《2021美国门户开放报告》显示，受新冠疫情影响，全球各地区赴美就读和在国外上网课的美国高校留学生人数均有下降。

The global pandemic primarily affected international students studying at a US university, or new international students.

疫情主要影响美国大学新增国际学生数量。

That segment declined by 46%, according to the report, launched by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education.

根据美国国务院教育与文化事务局和美国国际教育协会发布的报告，这类学生数量下降了46%。

China remained the top place of origin of all international students, contributing slightly more than one-third of the total 914,095 foreign students in the 2020-21 academic year.

中国的赴美留学生仍然是最多的，在2020-21学年的914095名外国留学生中，中国留学生的比例略高于三分之一。

That overall number represented a decrease of 15% from the previous academic year, according to the annual report.

根据这份年度报告，赴美留学总人数比上一学年减少了15%。

International students contributed $39 billion to the US economy in 2020, of which $14.3 billion, or 36%, came from Chinese students, according to the US Department of Commerce.

根据美国商务部的数据，2020年，国际学生为美国经济贡献了390亿美元(约合人民币2491亿元)，其中143亿美元(36%)来自中国学生。