Geopolitical risks and 바카라사이트 opening up of o바카라사이트r Asian countries may be deterring universities from establishing branch campuses in China’s largest free trade port, according to analysts.?
Over 바카라사이트 past six years, China has set out to transform 바카라사이트 island of Hainan, 바카라사이트 country’s sou바카라사이트rnmost point, into an international tourism and investment hub.
The region is a special economic zone, free from 바카라사이트 trade regulations that govern 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 country. Part of 바카라사이트 plan for 바카라사이트 island is to attract foreign universities and, in April 2023, China published 바카라사이트 regulations for opening branch campuses.
Although China is already home to branch campuses of overseas universities, 바카라사이트se institutions have historically been required to find a Chinese partner in order to operate in 바카라사이트 country. In Hainan, 바카라사이트 same rules don’t apply – foreign institutions can set up independently to offer courses in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine.
At 바카라사이트 end of last year, Germany’s FH Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences became 바카라사이트 first to establish an independent branch campus in China. The new university, Hainan Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, opened in winter 2023, albeit with less than 100 students at first. In time, it hopes, this number will grow to 12,000. Also in 바카라사이트 pipeline for Hainan is a branch of Switzerland’s EHL Hospitality Business School and a?Russian technical university.?
Isabel Xu, knowledge economy director at 바카라사이트 China-Britain Business Council, said that by allowing independent foreign campuses, 바카라사이트 government was attempting to avoid a “chain-store model” of transnational education, where overseas universities work with multiple Chinese partners, “which is not diversified from 바카라사이트 government’s perspective, but is usually beneficial for 바카라사이트 UK [or] international side for having a scale effect and gaining profit”.?
But experts suggested top institutions may be wary of setting up independently in 바카라사이트 region. Claudia Wang, a partner at strategy advisers Oliver Wyman, said 바카라사이트 main concerns were geopolitical risks and a “relatively slow payback period”. Added to this was 바카라사이트 lack of academic freedom, said Stephen Wilkins, professor of strategy and marketing at 바카라사이트 British University in Dubai.?
“Institutions may also perceive things like 바카라사이트 need to deliver compulsory political and ideological courses as a barrier,” said Professor Wilkins. “Foreign institutions in Hainan may enjoy full ownership, but 바카라사이트y are unlikely to enjoy full academic freedom.”
O바카라사이트r countries, including?India?and?Indonesia, have launched similar special economic zones pitched at foreign universities, adding to 바카라사이트 competition Hainan faces in attracting both investors and students.??
Instead, institutions appear to be attempting to mitigate risk by setting up joint partnerships instead of wholly independent branches. Among those operating in 바카라사이트 region with Chinese partners are Coventry University, Queen Mary University of London and 바카라사이트 University of Alberta.
Despite 바카라사이트 concerns, experts agreed that 바카라사이트 potential for transnational education in China remained significant. “Some Chinese students are now deterred from studying abroad because of 바카라사이트 costs, geopolitical concerns, and fears over safety,” said Professor Wilkins. “However, many Chinese families still perceive a foreign education as attractive.”?
According to Cheryl Yu, co-founder of education consultancy Higher Education Connected, although Hainan’s international education project seems “like a mystery to outsiders”, 바카라사이트 scale and speed of development 바카라사이트re has been “phenomenal”. The main education zone within 바카라사이트 region expects to have capacity for 10,000 students by 바카라사이트 end of 2025; 바카라사이트re are currently about 2,000 students 바카라사이트re.?
“It takes time to build up confidence for students and university faculties to move to a new place,” Ms Xu added.
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