Conference on the sustainable development of Chinese-foreign co-operation in running schools

A conference on "Standardizing Chinese-foreign co-operation in running schools, exercising administration according to law and promoting sustainable development" was held in XMU from June 20th to 21st. The conference was attended by more than 250 experts from 12 countries and regions including the US, Canada, and the UK.

The conference was organised by the XMU Research Centre of Higher Education Development and the XMU-HKU Joint Research Centre of Chinese-foreign Co-operation in Running Schools, with the support of the International Co-operation and Exchange Department of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

More than 100 papers were presented by scholars from both home and abroad. They covered topics such as the design of Chinese-foreign co-operation systems, quality assurance mechanisms and cross-border education.

Over recent years, international educational exchanges and co-operation have developed rapidly and achieved importance. The figures show that to date, 157 Chinese-foreign jointly-run educational institutions and 1176 co-operative programmes have been approved.