Since the middle of 1990s, China's higher education system has undergone unprecedented development and reformation. Now it has entered into a new phase. China's cultural and social development not only provides more growth opportunities for China's universities, but also requires higher-quality education to satisfy the progress of Chinese society. In the process of China's transformation from a populous country to a nation with plenty talents, higher education must shoulder greater responsibility at this critical moment. It is widely acknowledged that improving the higher education quality is the major task of our future educational reformation.

China owns unique resources to improve our higher education quality and build our country with great manpower resources. Compared with other big countries, our economy is still developing rapidly; we are able to increase our investment in higher education in a sustainable and stable manner. However,China's higher education is facing lots of challenges. We had have to optimize the structure and system of higher education for with the purpose of turn the investment into quality and efficiencybuild a qualified and efficient educational system.; thereThere is much space for us are many shortages for us to enhance and improve in the field of higher education administrationgovernance, knowledge creation innovation and talent training.

With the subsidization ofSponsored by the Ford Foundation, East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore has conducted a research to investigate the progress and challenges of china's higher education reformation. From Jan 2011, the research team led by Professor Yongnian Zheng had conducted their surveys in multilevel universities in Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Shanghai and Hangzhou. By using the method of depth-interview and brain storming, they have constructed a strategic "roadmap" for higher education reformation.

This seminar was co-hosted by East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore and CCG, . the The research team of "of"China of "China Higher Education Reformation"  will introduced their works research outcome in the seminar. to the participants, it is divided into inIn four parts:

(1)  Philosophy of China Education

(2)   China Higher Education Governance;

(3)   China Higher Education institutions' knowledge innovation system;

(4)   China Higher Education institutions' talents cultivation system.

In tThis seminar, participants  will discussed how to make Chinese universities get back to its their academic role, explored the next step of the Higher Education reformation, and proposed relevant policy recommendations. The organizer of the meeting will inalso invited experts to comment and discuss the research team's report, and there will bewith the purpose of stimulating a morea lively discussion.

Conference Agenda

8:30-9:00  Conference Registration

9:00-9:20  Welcome Remarks  Speech

Dr. Huiyao Wang (Vice-Chairman of China Western Returned Scholars, Director of Center China & Globalization Association)

Prof. Yongnian Zheng  (Director of East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore)

9:20-10:00 part1: Philosophy of China Education

Chair: Prof. Dongping Yang (Professor of Institute of Education BIT/21st Century Education Research Institute)

Keynote speaker (20 minutes)

Yongnian Zheng (Director of East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore)

10:00-10:30 Tea Break

10:30-11:40 Part2: China Higher Education Governance

Chair:  Prof. Jianbo Hu (CEO& President of Xi'an Eurasia University)

Keynote speaker (30 minutes) Dr. Litao Zhao (Senior Research Fellow of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)

Commentator (15 minutes): Prof. Deguang Yang (Professor of Shanghai Normal University)

11:40-13:10 Lunch

13:10-14:20 Part 3: China Institutions Knowledge Innovation System

Chair: Prof. Liguo Li (Vice-President of School of Education of Renmin University)

Keynote Speaker (30 minutes): Dr. Dongtao Qi (Senior Research Fellow of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)

Commentator (15 minutes): Prof. Xiaoyang Wang ( Director of Institute of Education Tsinghua University)

14:20-14:50 Tea Break

14:50-16:00 Part 4:China Higher Education institutions' talents cultivation system

Chair: Prof. Qingyun Huang (Vice President of Shanghai Jianqiao College)

Keynote Speaker (30 minutes):

Dr. Dongtao Qi (Senior Research Fellow of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)

Mr. Yanjie Huang (Research Assistant of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)

Miss Cuifen Weng (Research Assistant of East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)

Commentator (15 minutes): Prof. Qingshan Xu  ( Director of Institute of Education Wuhan University)

16:00-17:20 Policy Advisory and discussion

Chair: Prof. Yongnian Zheng (Director of East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore)

Keynote Speaker (20 minutes): Dr. Litao Zhao

Summary: (60 minutes)

Dr. Huiyao Wang (Vice-Chairman of China Western Returned Scholars, Director of Center China & Globalization Association)

Dr. Jin He (Senior Program of Ford Foundation)

Pro. Juan Hu(Executive Dean of School of Education of Renmin University)

19:00  Dinner