Chinese students returning from overseas studies have lowered their expectations of income amid¹ fierce competition, a report has found.

一份报告发现，从海外留学归来的中国学生在激烈竞争中降低了他们的收入期望。

Published by overseas recruitment company Lockin China, the report said overseas returnees "are becoming more rational²" in their income expectations as an estimated³ 660,000 returnees are going to join 7.95 million domestic⁴ college graduates in the job market this year.

由海外招聘公司络可英发布的该报告显示，海归在收入期望上“正在变得更加理性”。据统计，今年有66万海归即将涌入已存在795万国内大学毕业生的就业市场。

According to the report, which surveyed 150,000 Chinese overseas students and professionals as well as thousands of Chinese enterprises⁵, nearly 64 percent of overseas returnee respondents said their expected annual income ranges from 70,000 ($10,170) to 120,000 yuan.

根据这份采访了15万中国留学生、专业人员和数千家中国企业的报告，近64%的海归受访者表示，他们期待的年收入为7万元（10170美元）到12万元。

More than 27 percent of them expect more than 120,000 yuan, "which is much higher than the average level of the market".

有超过27%的人则期待年收入超过12万元，“这比市场的平均水平要高出很多”。

Compared with last year when 23 percent of those surveyed expected an annual income of more than 150,000 yuan, this year the group with such an expectation has decreased to only 10.4 percent of respondents.

相比于去年23%的受访海归期待年均收入超过15万元，今年抱有这一期待的受访者的比例降到了仅10.4%。

"There have been a great number of people returning from overseas, and the number is still on the rise. This makes overseas returnees more rational in their income expectations," said a manager with Lockin.

络可英一名经理表示：“由于海归数量庞大，并且仍在增长。这使得他们对于自己的收入期待更加理性。”

The report said there has been an "obvious" increase of returnees since 2005 and it was "a turning point" in 2015 when the country saw more than half of those who left to study abroad come back. About 450,000 returnees came back to China.

报告显示，自2005年以来，海归的数量“明显”增加，2015年是一个转折点，这一年中国有超过一半的海归--约450000名选择回国。