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ministry of education: 85 countries have incorporated chinese into their national education systems

2024-09-27

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china news service, september 26. the state council information office held a series of press conferences on the theme of "promoting high-quality development" on the 26th. wu yan, vice minister of education, introduced that since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china, the international influence of china's education has increased significantly. there are three very encouraging indicators.
first, china’s education circle of friends has expanded, and educational cooperation and exchanges have been carried out with various countries around the world. 85 countries have incorporated chinese into their national education systems, and the number of international chinese learners and users has exceeded 200 million. more than 30 "luban workshops" have been built through international cooperation, which are very popular.
second, the attractiveness of chinese education has become stronger. international students from 195 countries and regions come to china to study. among them, the proportion of academic degree students increased to more than 60%.
third, the contribution of china’s education has increased. china cooperates with unesco and many international organizations around the world.
wu yan pointed out that in the next step, we will focus on two major articles:
the first big article, unswervingly "bringing in".
first, at the school level, make effective use of world-class educational resources and innovative elements, bring in the best foreign universities, especially universities of science and engineering, and cooperate with them to carry out high-level sino-foreign cooperative education.
the second is to strengthen the brand and capacity building of "study in china" at the level of international students, especially "double first-class" universities, to attract outstanding overseas talents to study and exchange in china, and to enhance the ability to cultivate and gather important talents in the world.
third, in terms of youth exchanges, 800 key international summer school projects will be opened in the next three years, 50,000 american teenagers will be invited to exchange in china in the next five years, and 10,000 french teenagers will be invited to exchange in china and europe in the next three years. the number of young people exchanged with china has doubled. allow chinese youth and youth around the world to interact in depth and further consolidate the foundation of people-to-people bonds.
the second big article is about "going out" calmly. further enhance the global appeal, influence and shaping power of chinese education.
first, in terms of higher education, promote the overseas study of higher education, adhere to the study abroad policy of “supporting study abroad, encouraging return to the country, freedom of movement, and playing a role”, and encourage students to study abroad. continuously improve the national comprehensive platform for overseas students, especially promote engineering education and medical education that have comparative advantages in the world to run overseas schools, so that professional standards in related disciplines can "go abroad."
the second is to promote vocational education overseas in terms of vocational education. we will hold the world vocational and technical education development conference, the world vocational school skills competition and the world vocational and technical education exhibition. it is necessary to establish the first world vocational and technical education award, establish the world vocational and technical education development alliance, promote high-quality "belt and road" vocational education cooperation, and support chinese vocational colleges to conduct overseas education in an orderly manner.
the third is to promote the steady expansion of china's digital education overseas and successfully organize the world digital education conference and the world mooc and online education conference. develop and expand the world digital education alliance, release the global digital education development index and demonstration cases, promote the international version of the smart education public service platform to the world, let china's high-quality mooc resources go abroad, and let china's digital education steadily stand in the world occupy the commanding heights and have the right to speak in the next round of education development.
wu yan revealed that chinese universities have taken the lead in launching two major international science projects. the "deep time digital earth" project has scientists from more than 100 countries participating, and the "ocean negative emissions" project has scientists from more than 30 countries participating in the cooperation. each major scientific project is a huge contribution to mankind. it will provide chinese solutions to the challenges faced by mankind and contribute china's strength.
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