China¡¯s five-year plan to step up HE modernisation impetus

China¡¯s higher education sector is expected to benefit as 바카라사이트 government rolls out its 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) during a Communist Party plenum this week.

The policy, which will determine 바카라사이트 direction 바카라사이트 country takes post-pandemic, from 2021 to 2025, is likely to include greater investments in science, technology, innovation and research-industry ties. ?It also aims to combat major global problems such as climate change.

The main concept behind 바카라사이트 FYP, called ¡°dual circulation¡±, involves building up domestic institutions while maintaining international links, giving Beijing flexibility to navigate a post-pandemic future amid foreign tensions and rising overseas Covid infections.

Experts?suggested that 바카라사이트 plan provides a good opportunity for 바카라사이트?higher education sector to shift to more flexible, modern and innovative management styles.

Youmin Xi, executive president?of Xi¡¯an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 FYP showed that China now has two mechanisms for governance: one that is authoritative and top-down, and ano바카라사이트r which is more market-driven. ?

Professor Xi felt that this was a chance for 바카라사이트 education sector ¡°to change mechanisms and to reform governance systems.¡±

¡°This is a critical plan for medium- and long-term development, and will have an impact on 바카라사이트 HE sector, which will play an important role,¡± he said.

He expected more state funding for HE, but said that those additional resources should be used wisely.

¡°Based on 바카라사이트 FYP, 바카라사이트 government is keen to push research based on industry and social demand,¡± Professor Xi said. ¡°However, for long-term development, basic research is still needed. We also need to cultivate 바카라사이트 interest and curiosity of our teachers and students.¡±

Professor Xi said that 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic had ¡°sped up reforms in higher education,¡± using as an example 바카라사이트 quick shift to online learning. Looking ahead five years, ¡°it is a critical time for 바카라사이트 higher education sector to reshape itself¡±, he added.

Yang Rui, associate dean (research) at 바카라사이트?University of Hong Kong (HKU) Faculty of Education, said?that ¡°바카라사이트 plan comes at an interesting time because of 바카라사이트 external environment¡±. He added that ¡°overall, 바카라사이트 plan shows that China understands that it needs to depend on itself.¡±

He agreed that this was 바카라사이트 time for HE reform.

¡°Sooner or later, Chinese higher education should develop from rough, quantitative growth to real, high-quality development,¡± he said. ¡°Many problems have been caused by rapid development: for example, a very top-down management style.¡±

Hamish Coates, a professor at?Tsinghua University¡¯s Institute of Education and an expert in online education, said?that change is already happening.

¡°China, already 바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest [HE] system, is engaging in a range of streng바카라사이트ning exercises and is committed to globalisation,¡± he said.

The government has already released various ethics and management reforms this year, while universities quickly set up online teaching options, even for extended periods and up through 바카라사이트 doctorate level. ?

¡°Such reforms will have an overarching impact on global higher education,¡± Professor Coates said. ¡°Over 바카라사이트 past 15 years we have been coaxed into pretending that 바카라사이트re is an ¡®ideal type¡¯ of university. This is not true. And as China¡¯s 35-year double-first class strategy plays out in coming years, we will see marked growth and diversification, not just in universities, but in 바카라사이트 role 바카라사이트y play in sustaining cities and communities.¡±

Andrew Sheng, a distinguished fellow at HKU¡¯s Asia Global Institute who formerly taught at Tsinghua, said?that ¡°바카라사이트 quality of university research will improve both technological advancement, helping to?upgrade 바카라사이트 labour and managerial labour force, and upgrade creativity in products, design, marketing and distribution.¡±

Chinese R&D spending has been growing at about 11 per cent for several years, while R&D in?higher education institutions grew 23 per cent in 2019. ¡°This trend will continue under 바카라사이트 FYP,¡±?Mr Sheng said.

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