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Biblioteca Județeană Clasa CONFUCIUS
WULBS „Ovid Densusianu” Liceul de Arte "Sigismund
Toduță” Deva
Universitatea “Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu Hunedoara-Deva

Institutul Tehnologic de Modă,

Zhejiang, China

Profesor Yuan Yong

Director al Biroului International
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Chances & Challenges to the Internationalization

of Higher Education in Developing Country (Part,l)

I. Preface
y^long with economic globalization, international competition is increasingly intense,
at the same time, in view of human resource play an importance rule in the era of
M knowledge economy; many countries are mustering to education reform.

Liberalization and market-orientation may be considered as a major tone of reform. As a member of
developing countries, China is no exception. It is noteworthy that the education is considered not only
as behind national competitive force, but also itself has become a battlefield of international
competition. The most obvious issue is that trade in services is required into the scope of

implementation, and standardize Member States must open its service market as the World Trade
Organization (WTO) was established on January 1, 1995. Education is considered as a kind of
service. China has joined the WTO in December 11,2001; it means that Chinese domestic market of
education has to be open to all Member States.

Internationalization of higher education is always as one of important contents which have been
explored and promoted by Chinese academic circle, but education administrative departments have
been very prudent on it, and there is no this kind of call or mention in the formal documents of guiding
the reform and development of higher, until it is mentioned in chapter 48 in the Planning Outline of

Education Development (2010—2020), "Strengthening international exchanges and cooperation.
Insisting on reform and development are promoted by opening. The internationalization level of
Chinese education shall be improved by multi-level and wide-ranging exchanges and cooperation.
China's educational reform, development and China's international status, influence and

competitiveness in education shall be promoted and enhanced through introducing advanced
educational concepts and experiences internationally. The economic society should adapt to the
opening requirements, to cultivate a large number of international talents with international mind,
familiar with international rules, capable of participating in international affairs and international

competition”. There is no doubt that this is a major breakthrough for Chinese Government on the
education ideas and development strategy of higher education. But there are many questions cannot
find answers in the Outline, such as, what is internationalization? Does internationalization means

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