On The Causes, Problems And Strategies Of Strengthening The Marketization Reform Of China's Higher Education

On the Causes, Problems and Strategies of Strengthening the Marketization Reform of China's Higher EducationHu Daxin Jinan University Guangzhou 510632The marketization reform of higher education in the developed countries has been proved to be successful. China's higher education sector is under impact of the rnarketized student recruitment by western countries. After China's entry into the WTO, though it only made partial commitment to education service, it is inevitable that China will accelerate its opening up in the education sector. At the same time, China is committed to make regular higher education accessible to the majority of young people, while the education budget always lacks of enough funding. Under these circumstances, implementing marketization reform in the higher education sector will help promote the development of China's higher education career.This dissertation points out that under the knowledge economy and economic globalization, due to the implementation of market economy in China and the increasing demand for higher education, the government is under more and more pressure in developing higher education, therefore, strengthening the marketization reform will help raise fund from a larger variety of channels. Through these efforts, we can also bring along the competition in higher education sector and improve the efficiency and management level in higher education, and thus bring the higher education sector onto the track of sound development. With exploration of the history, current situation and prospects of China's higher education, this dissertation discusses the causes, feasibilities and strategies of strengthening the marketization reform. At the same time, the author also analyzed some problems such as rules and regulations and fairness in education occurring during the strenghthening and gives suggestion on how to solve them.