Research On The Development Of China’s Trade In Education Service After Entering WTO

With the coming of knowledge economy era, the international trade in education service gradually replaced the traditional concept of international education, and has become an important part of trade in services. Meanwhile, rapid development of international trade in education service also received worldwide attention, including the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other countries, occupying an important position of the international trade in education service. At the same time as China’s comprehensive national strength, international position rises ceaselessly, the export scale of education services also appears rapid growth. But compared with the major developed countries trade in educationa service in China is still in the obvious disadvantage. Our professional education still stays in the teaching, and there is a certain gap between China and main developed countries in the talent market join and innovation ability training, resulting in subject scope of China’s trade in educational service is too narrow and the education service less attractive. Based on this background, in-depth analysis of China’s trade in education service development characteristics, degree of opening, international competitiveness and the main developed countries, and the relation of the trade in education service and economic growth, has important significance.In the aspect of the development characteristics of trade in education service, the development pattern of China’s domestic trade is mainly overseas consumption mode. This is closely related to international educational services policy since reforming and opening in our country. In recent years, the main form of China’s education services to students was education consumption abroad, import and export of consumption abroad grew rapidly, running a trade deficit; the structure of import and export of overseas consumption diversified; consumption abroad in export area distributed intensively, and import more extensively.In the aspect of international trade policies in education service, with the comparison between China and main developed countries-the United States, Japan, the UK and Australian, we find following conclusions. Firstly, from the overall commitment, China’s commitment is highest. Secondly, from commitment level of various provide ways, China’s degree of opening is lowest, except for overseas consumption patterns. Therefore, compared with the developed countries, there is a great gap between China and developed countries in opening degree of the trade in education service, associated with development extent of trade in education service. Using the international competitiveness index and gray correlation method, this article compares the difference of competitiveness in education services between China and some developed countries and find that the competitiveness of UK and Australia is highest, belonging to the export country of consumption abroad by trade in education service; the United States of America shows stronger competitiveness; the index of Canada, although without obvious competitiveness from data, shows an ascendant trend, indicating it’s improving posture in consumption abroad of educational services. But China’s international competitiveness indices were negative, suggesting low competitiveness in overseas consumption of educational services. That means that China belongs to the import country of consumption abroad in education service trade. In order to study the factors of China’s international competitiveness level of the trade in education service further, this article selects production factors, demand factors, organizational efficiency and institutional policy, and then adopts14indicators for further analysis, reaching three kinds of factors covering most significant factors, moderate factors and low influence factors.For the relation between education services trade and economic growth, this article mainly begins from two aspects. One is relevance of education service trade and economic growth of China. As part of service export of China, foreign students to study in China can promote economic growth. The second is from the angle of human capital to study the relation between abroad homecoming and China’s economic growth. Studying abroad personnel learn technology, idea and advanced management experience. Their homecomings not only increase the amount of human capital, but improve the quality of human capital to a certain extent, promoting technological progress, improving the production efficiency and economic development. Finally, based on above analysis, this article sets out suggestions to promote the development of China’s trade in education service.