EDUCATION IN CHINA SERIES Series Editors Dr. Xiaozhou Xu Professor of Comparative Education Dean of College of Education Director of National Centre for Curriculum of Basic Education Co-director of Seeco Educational Research Centre Zhejiang University, China and Dr. Carlo Socol Co-director of Seeco Educational Research Centre Zhejiang University, China Visiting Professor, Salesian University, Rome, Italy Professor of History of Christianity, Holy Spirit Seminary College Hong Kong, China Director of Association of Historians of the Salesian Society (ACSSA) Rome, Italy Zhejiang University Press No. 148, Tianmushan Road, Xixi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China Homa & Sekey Books 3rd Floor, North Tower, Mack-Cali Center III 140 East Ridgewood Ave., Paramus, NJ 07652 U.S.A. EDUCATION IN CHINA SERIES Educational System in China Ming Yang Educational Policies and Legislation in China Xiaozhou Xu Weihui Mei Basic Education in China Libing Wang Higher Education in China Jianmin Gu Xueping Li Lihua Wang Technical and Vocational Education in China Xueping Wu Yiqun Ye EDUCATION IN CHINA SERIES Higher Education in China JIANMIN GU XUEPING LI LIHUA WANG Homa & Sekey Books Paramus, New Jersey, U.S.A. Authors Prof. Jianmin Gu Dr. Xueping Li College of Education College of Education Zhejiang University Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310028, China Hangzhou 310028, China Email:
[email protected] Email:
[email protected] Dr. Lihua Wang College of Education Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310028, China Email:
[email protected] First published in August 2009 Copyright © 2010 by Zhejiang University Press and Homa & Sekey Books All Rights Reserved ISBN 978-7-308-06923-6 Zhejiang University Press No.