中国最受欢迎的10个专业有7个是理工科

According to China University Alumni Association, among those who score well enough in China's highly competitive exam system to get into university, 19.39% choose to study Economics and 19.06% select Business Management, which means business & management related majors account for almost half of the popular majors.

根据中华校友会的信息，通过中国竞争激烈的考试体系被大学录取的学生当中，19.39%的人选择经济学专业，19.06%的人选择商务管理专业，这意味着经管类专业几乎占据了热门专业的半壁江山。

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%).

在中国热度排行第三的专业是信息工程学专业（6.87%），紧随其后的是法学专业（6.53%）。排名第五到第十的热门专业几乎都是理工科（STEM代表科学、技术、工程学和数学），包括生物科学（5.93%）、信息技术和计算机科学（5.72%）、建筑学（3.84%）、物理学（3.37%）和自动化工程学（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.

直到第11名才开始出现一些社会科学类专业，比如汉语言文学、外国语和新闻学专业。

Chinese higher education emphasizes STEM education due to historical reasons.

中国高等教育重视理工科是有其历史原因的。

When the Chinese started their reform and opening-up policy in the 1980s, the country urgently needed scientific professionals for industrial development, and the Chinese preference for STEM is rooted in that period.

上世纪80年代中国开始实施改革开放政策时，国家急需科技人才来发展工业，中国人对于理工科的偏好就是从那时候开始的。

"Master mathematics, physics and chemistry, you can find a position all over the country” was one of the most famous national slogans.

当时全国有一句非常有名的口号叫：“学好数理化，走遍天下都不怕。”