Open AccessHigher education and research innovation in China
Author(s) -
Jane Qiu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
national science review/national science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.433
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 2095-5138
pISSN - 2053-714X
DOI - 10.1093/nsr/nwu073
Subject(s) - beijing , china , vice president , chinese academy of sciences , political science , management , chemist , library science , competition (biology) , law , ecology , computer science , economics , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
China places a great emphasis on boosting its innovative capability, which it says is key to meeting the challenges in economic development and global competition. At the heart of the matter is how the country could produce its own agent of innovation—creative graduates and postgraduates. In a forum chaired by National Science Review's executive associate editor Mu-ming Poo, five panelists from top universities discuss the problems and challenges of higher education in China and in what ways the system needs to be reformed. Yuanfang Chen Physician and Vice Chair of Peking Union Medical College's Expert Committee on Education in Beijing Song Gao Chemist and Vice President of Peking University in Beijing Ke Gong Electronic Engineer and President of Nankai University in Tianjin Yigong Shi Biologist and Dean of Tsinghua University's School of Life Sciences in Beijing Chia-Wei Woo Physicist and Founding President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong Mu-ming Poo (Chair) Neuroscientist and Director of Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai