China’s higher education development: Policy review and recommendations

Ngoc Ahn MAI; Thi Hai Ha DO; Dang Nui Nguyen; Thi Nhan Khieu; Dinh Hung Nguyen; Tri Tuan VU

doi:10.35782/JCPP.2019.3.06

Ngoc Ahn MAI Assoc.Prof. Ph.D., National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Thi Hai Ha DO Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dang Nui Nguyen PhD., National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Thi Nhan Khieu PhD., Ministry of Education and Training, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dinh Hung Nguyen MA., National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tri Tuan VU MA., National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35782/JCPP.2019.3.06

Keywords: tuition fee, staffing, University council, University governance

Abstract

Not only playing a role in creating and spreading knowledge, higher education institutions can also make a positive contribution to a nation’s economic development and its social welfare improvement. The Chinese government has made some adjustments to its state management policy toward higher education; subsequently, massification of higher education was achieved, and several top world ranking and world-renowned universities were built as a result of projects 985 and 211. This study focuses on analyzing China's higher education system, law/legal system, and by-law documents on improving higher education; from that, the research can identify the core problems in the development of higher education system in China as well as the content needed to be solved in the coming years.