WTO and the Development of Higher Education in China

Author: Shen Zijin Wu Song
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: With China's entry into the WTO, the commitments made in the field of education services will bring about new situations, challenges, and opportunities for the development of Chinese education. WTO and the Development of Higher Education in China explores and discusses these issues. The authors begin by tracing the century-long development of higher education in China, highlighting the theme of the WTO's challenges to it. They then delve into discussions on how the WTO can innovate the concepts of higher education in China, transform its development models, accelerate its institutional reform, promote the construction of the "Project 211" in Chinese universities, call for the establishment of world-class universities and disciplines, launch the "High-Level Creative Talent Project," optimize the allocation of higher education resources, boost the development of the higher education industry, and accelerate the rule of law in education. These analyses and reflections may not all be fully mature. This is because, on the one hand, the commitment to education services is partial, and the opening of the education market is gradual. The practical implementation and the unfolding of contradictions in this regard are yet to come. On the other hand, since education is related to national sovereignty, the influence of ideological and political factors cannot be underestimated. Therefore, like some other countries that have opened up their education sectors, China maintains a very cautious approach. This demonstrates the impact and shock that the WTO has brought to Chinese higher education. Studying China's countermeasures and measures in response to the WTO will be a long and arduous task. However, some of the authors' analyses and reflections in this book should still attract our attention. This book is part of the WTO and Chinese Education Series. If WTO and the Development of Chinese Education is a comprehensive and general picture, then WTO and the Development of Higher Education in China focuses specifically on higher education, providing a deeper and more detailed analysis of the challenges and opportunities the WTO has brought to the conceptual innovation, development models, institutional reform, construction of world-class universities, "High-Level Creative Talent Project," higher education industry, and other aspects of Chinese higher education. It offers valuable insights into the direction of the future development of Chinese higher education.