Crisis and Opportunity: Chinese Higher Education in the WTO Perspective

Author: Wu Dagang
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The entry into the WTO has made the development environment of higher education in China increasingly complex. Chinese higher education is becoming more closely intertwined with political, economic, cultural, and technological factors, and is increasingly influenced by forces or trends such as globalization, localization, internationalization, massification, and marketization. All of these are bound to affect the direction of Chinese higher education in the 21st century. This book primarily explores the impact of the entry into the WTO on Chinese higher education and the responses of Chinese higher education. It provides a detailed introduction to the legal and practical aspects of educational service trade under the WTO system and analyzes the international status of Chinese education development in the context of the WTO. It conducts in-depth research and analysis on issues such as the educational market, educational services, and educational sovereignty, which were rarely addressed in China's previous educational theories but must be confronted after joining the WTO. From the perspective of the WTO, it offers a fresh interpretation of the attributes of higher education and the internationalization of higher education, which were previously studied in China's educational theories. It also proposes recommendations and prospects for the response of Chinese higher education to the WTO.