The number of Chinese students seeking education in the United Kingdom in 2016 has continued to grow, according to figures recently released by the British Council, the United Kingdom's international organization for educational opportunities and cultural relations.

Nearly 73,000 students from the Chinese mainland obtained student visas from the UK by the end of September, a 9 percent jump from the same period in 2015, the council said at a recent news conference in Beijing.

A group of statistics and market-research results relevant to education and overseas study in the UK were revealed during the event.