Higher Education in China
2 min readHigher Education（1）
The first stage of the“211 Engineering”project is nearing its end.In the course of five years of hard work，and on the basis of discussions and examinationsby the related departments，about 600 projects concerning key disciplines have been listed for completion in 100 colleges and universities across the country.These disciplines cover humanities and sociology，economics，politics and law，basic sciences，resources and the environment，basic industry，new and advanced technology，medical science and hygiene，and others.
The Ministry of Education demands that the second stage of this project be completed within five years.During these five years，the input into and support for these schools will be continuously enhanced.China will do its best to make the academic level of these key disciplines reach the state advanced level by 2005，so as to lay a foundation for making number of universities match or nearly match the world’s first class universities around 2010.
Higher Education（2）
As China established a socialist market economy system and deepened the reforms of various undertakings，the higher education system reform has become the crux of various reforms in higher education.The general objective for the reforms is to bring into better balance the relations between the government，society and institutions of higher learning，establish and strive to perfect a new system that，while still macro-managed by the state within an overall plan，turns institutions of higher learning outward to face society，and gives schools autonomy in providing education.After many years of effort，higher education has made considerable progress in the reform of management and investment systems，as well as in the personnel and distribution systems.In 1999，the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts was incorporated by Tsinghua University，and in 2000 Beijing University and Beijing Medical Sciences University were combined to form the new Beijing University.At the beginning of 2000，the General Office of the State Council published Suggestions for the Further Speeding Up of the Socialization of Logistics of Universities and Colleges.
This document put forward the task of realizing the basic socialization of university and college logistics in most parts of China within about three years，starting from 2000.The focus of the reform is the logistics of students’living conditions.The principle of mainly relying on and fully utilizing the abilities of society as a whole for the provision of new dormitories and other logistic service facilities is stressed，while the central，provincial and city governments should provide necessary financial support，in accordance with the different conditions.All student dormitories and other logistic service facilities shall be operated and managed using a new mechanism.
