More families from China are looking to enrol their young children in Australian schools in order to better their English and education from an earlier age, according to a report on the ABC.

The ‘go early strategy’ saw new enrolments of Chinese teenagers in Australian public and private schools hit 4,300 last year. The Australian Trade Commission said it was a rise of about 20 per cent on the previous year's new enrolments.

The total number of enrolments of Chinese school students rose to 8,386 in 2014, up from 7,447 in 2013.

Dr Minglu Chen, a lecturer at the University of Sydney's China Studies Centre, told the ABC that families were looking for better English education and a pathway to top Australian universities for their children.

"This is what we could expect from China's growing economy, which is at the moment is the second largest economy in the world, which actually also has a growing middle class," Dr Chen said.

"I think parents, wealthy middle class parents in China, would prefer their children to be educated in an English-speaking society."

One of the reasons for the rise in enrolments of Chinese high school students is a new visa system.

In 2014, visa rules were relaxed to allow international teenagers to come to Australia on a student visa as early as Year 7.

Quentin Stevenson-Perks, assistant general manager of international education at the Australian Trade Commission, said Chinese parents wanted to send their children to Australian schools as soon as possible.

"One of the trends we've seen is a what we call "go earlier" strategy amongst Chinese parents," Mr Stevenson-Perks said.

"I think they're seeing that the benefits of their children gaining English language or foreign language studies earlier.

"Also, the prospects of higher education provide a pretty good package for the Chinese parent."

Trade officials and private schools recently spruiked the Australian curriculum at an international education exhibition tour in several Chinese cities.

Trade Minister, Andrew Robb said Australia could teach 10 million international students within the Asia-Pacific region within 10 years if new policies were adopted.