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China's Higher Education Push: Progress and Challenges
China's "Double First-Class" initiative aims to build world-class universities, but faces challenges in interdisciplinary collaboration, commercializing research, and attracting global talent.
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National People's CongressPeking UniversityTsinghua University
Huai Jinpeng
- What measures is China taking to address these challenges?
- To address these challenges, China plans to develop a more tailored evaluation system, strengthen early identification of innovators, and foster an integrated talent development model.
- What specific types of talent is China focusing on developing?
- The focus is on cultivating engineers, professionals in emerging fields, and interdisciplinary researchers, integrating research breakthroughs into teaching, and attracting top international talent.
- What is the main goal of China's "Double First-Class" initiative?
- China's "Double First-Class" initiative aims to cultivate world-class universities and disciplines. Two rounds have selected 147 universities and 506 disciplines, focusing on foundational and cutting-edge fields.
- What are some of the challenges China faces in developing its higher education system?
- Challenges remain, including the need to improve interdisciplinary collaboration, commercialization of research, attracting global talent, and refining evaluation criteria for disciplines.
- How much investment has the initiative received, and what has this investment supported?
- The initiative has received over 166.7 billion yuan in investment since 2016, supporting high-level research programs and training over half of China's master's and 80% of its doctoral students.