Breathtaking scale of higher education internationalisation

By Robert Coelen and Jiang Bo. We wrote last year that China was on a fast track to internationalisation of education. Although the term ‘internationalisation of education’ – in Chinese Pin Yin: jiao yu guo ji hua – was first officially used in government documentation in 2010 as part of the National Medium- and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan 2010-20, the nature of this fast track is becoming clear and is based on an innovation-driven development strategy, as determined by China’s recent 2016 National Conference on Innovation and Science/Technology. More...