A
‘Academic Degree Conferral Law’ (1935),
31
Academic Degree Evaluation Committee,
31–2
‘Academic Degree Regulations’,
30–1
Action Plan for Invigorating Education (2004),
41
Action Plan for Invigorating Education (2003-2007),
13
‘Action Plan for Invigorating Education in 21st Century’,
94
‘Action Plan for Vitalising Education for the 21st Century’, ,
13,
41,
53
‘Administrative Rules on the Admission of Foreign Students by Colleges and Universities’,
114
C
Cheung Kong Scholars Program,
87
‘China Higher Education Law’ (1999),
77
China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language,
118
Chinese Government Scholarship,
115
Chinese Proficiency Test Certificate,
117
Chinese–Foreign University Presidents Forum,
103,
119–21
College Entrance Examination,
18
College Faculty Congress,
29
‘comprehensive quota’,
14–15
D
‘Decision on Deepening the Reform of Educational System and Promoting Quality Education’,
41
‘Decision on Reform and Development of Adult Education’,
48
‘Decision on Strengthening of Higher Education System of Unified Leadership and Decentralised Management’,
‘Decision on the Reform of Schooling’,
49
Decision on the Reform of the Education System,
19–20,
105
‘Decision on the Reform of the Education System’ (1985),
‘Decision to Accelerate the Development of Tertiary Industry’,
93
Degree-level Programs,
37,
42
‘Discipline Catalogue of HEIs’,
54
‘Document on Proper Arrangements of Overseas Returnees’,
106
‘Document on the Deepening of Personnel and Distribution System at HEIs’,
87
G
graduate employment system,
138–40
education and teaching reform and entrepreneurship training,
139
employment market and promotion of employment quantity and quality,
139–40
incentive policy and working in remote areas and grassroots level,
138–9
social systems reform,
140
‘graduates-meeting-employers’ graduate employment system,
68
H
gender and regional structure,
58–64
development at different regions during 1980-2005,
62
female postgraduate students in 2009,
60
female students in 2009,
59
gender difference and gender structure,
58
regional layout of ‘211 Project’ and ‘985 Project’ HEIs,
63
international exchanges and cooperations,
118–29
international students,
112–17
trigger and development,
104–5
leaps and bounds (1999-present),
6–9
number of higher education institutions in 2009,
38
profile in the last three decades,
recovery and reconstruction (1978-1985),
3–4
stable development (1985-1998),
5–6
categories of HEIs,
36–47
higher education institutes,
higher education institution
administrative staff improvement,
143
aggregate data on full-time teachers in HEIs in 2009,
40
discipline-based categories,
44–5
form-based categories,
36–40
function-based categories,
42,
44
key universities and non-key HEIs,
45–7
ownership-based categories,
41–2
college students by field of study in 2009,
55
conditions and changes of regular and adult HEIs,
39
internal management system,
142–3
management system reform,
142–3
number and enrolment of regular HEIs in 2009,
45
number of HEIs in 2009,
38
number of students in 2009,
50–1
postgraduate students by academic field in 2009,
56
specialties and educational programs established by field of study in regular HEI,
53
students of different levels at regular HEIs,
52
undergraduates by ownership of HEIs in 2009,
43
Higher Education Law (1998),
16
Higher Education Law of the People’s Republic of China’,
41
administrative system,
26–9
higher education administrative system,
26–7
higher education management system,
27–9
adult higher education,
23
regular higher education,
18–22
graduate employment system,
23–5
system and its evolution,
11–32
higher education system academic degree system,
30–2
I
‘Independent Admission’ approach,
22
‘Interim Measures of Self-study Examination of Higher Education’,
48–9
‘Interim Provisions on Selffunded Study Abroad’,
106
international cooperations,
118–29
advanced school-running resources from abroad,
122–3
Chinese-foreign cooperation in school running,
125–7
Chinese–Foreign University Presidents Forum,
119–21
foreign intellectual resources,
123–5
international education cooperation,
127–9
international students,
112–17
initial stage (1979-1989),
112–13
rapid progress (1990-now),
113–17
international exchanges and cooperations,
118–29
international students,
112–17
trigger and development,
104–5
higher education service expansion,
149–50
participation in no-boundary HE,
150
regional economy, culture and education integration,
149
M
Management and Coordination Committee of Postdoctoral Scientific Research Stations,
106
management system reform,
141–2
government macro-control and autonomy implementation,
141
international interaction and internationalised management,
141–2
‘market-oriented enterprises’,
79
average salary of HEI teachers,
90
educational funds of HEIs,
80
expanding autonomy of HEIs,
76–8
number of private HEIs and students enrolled,
81
autonomy expansion,
143–4
massification and funding crisis of higher education,
70–2
nature and function of higher education,
72–5
reform and opening up and the economic and technological development,
69–70
funding channels diversification, private HEIs development,
78–86
independence period,
83–4
transformation to regular private HEIs,
84–6
government responsibility,
97–101
cultivate and standardise the education market development,
99
establish an efficient system of active financial support,
99
help HEIs to establish modern university system,
99–100
improve higher education relief system and ensure equality of education opportunity,
100–1
plan the higher education development strategy,
98
strengthen supervision and management to ensure quality of higher education,
100
strengthen the legal system,
98
international comparison of rates of return to higher education,
73
socialisation of logistics,
146–7
socialisation of logistics of HEIs,
91–4
contract management system establishment (1985-1998),
93
HEIs logistics system reestablishment (1977-1985),
92–3
logistics socialisation reform (1998-),
94
distribution system,
89–91
reform on the personnel system,
86–9
N
National College Entrance Examination,
18,
20–1
National Overseas Staff Pioneer Parks,
110
National Plan Outline for Medium and Long-tern Education Reform and Development,
114
Non-university Tertiary,
37
Notice Concerning People Studying Abroad’,
108–9
Notice on HEIs Offering Short-term Chinese Training Courses for Foreigners’,
113
O
Outlines of Educational Reform and Development, ,
105
adjustment stage (1986-1991),
107–8
number of students studying abroad and returned students,
112
quick development stage (1992-present),
108–12
restoration and initial development (1978-1986),
105–7
P
performance-based payment system,
91
human-oriented modern personnel system,
145
incentive mechanism,
145–6
innovation of personnel philosophy,
144
openness of personnel system and talent mobility promotion,
145
‘Plan for International Student Education in China’,
114
position-based hierarchical salary system,
90
principle of ‘joint development, adjustment, co-operation and mergers’, ,
26
Private Education Promotion Law,
13
‘Private Education Promotion Law’ (2002),
41
private higher education institute development,
82–6
independence period,
83–4
transformation to regular private HEIs,
84–6
patterns of independent institute operation,
85–6
co-operation between HEIs,
86
HEI-enterprise co-operation,
85–6
HEI-government (-and-enterprise) co-operation,
85
‘professor appraisal system’,
88
project expenditure budget,
15
‘Project of Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Reform’,
133
‘Provincial-based Two-tier Management System’,
‘Provisional Regulations on Chinese–foreign Cooperation in School Running’,
125
‘Provisional Regulations on Enrolment of HEIs’,
19
R
reform and opening-up policy,
104
‘Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese–foreign Cooperation in School Running’,
125
‘Regulations on the Establishment and Administration of Independent Institutes’,
82
‘Regulations on the Running of Educational Institutions with Social Resources’ (1997),
13,
79
‘Report on Enlarging the Number of Overseas Students Dispatching Abroad’ in,
105
‘Request for Instruction on Calling for Overseas Doctor Graduates to Return Home to Work Early’,
106
‘Request for Instruction on the Charging Standards of the Selffunded International Students’,
113
S
social systems reform,
140
State Council Committee on Academic Degrees (SCCAD),
30,
31,
32
State Education Commission (SEDC),
12–13
student recruitment,
136–8
entrance exam administration and recruitment by law,
138
expansion of independent recruitment power,
137
human-oriented recruitment and admission procedures,
137
‘Suggestions on Encouraging Overseas Students to Return to Serve the Country in Various Ways’,
110–11
‘Suggestions on Encouraging the Top Overseas Talents to Return to Work’,
110
‘Supply meeting Demand’ employment method,
24