Research On State-owned Assets Management Mode Of Chinese Colleges And Universities From The Perspective Of New Public Management

18th CPC National Congress has made it clear, that “types of state-owned assets management system should be improved”, “well protected, fully utilized, and properly managed”. Colleges and universities’ state-owned assets being an important part of state-owned assets, its management system, management mode, and management level have a direct influence on state-owned assets’ utilization benefit and higher-education quality. However, the reality shows that problems as heavy loss, low efficiency, and unfair distribution remain in state-owned assets management of colleges and universities, which urgently require further research and scientific guide. In this situation, the New Public Management theory presents itself as a better solution.The New Public Management created a reforming wave that swept all over the world in late 1970 s and early 1980 s. The theory, advocates a separation between government’s policy-making function and executive function, giving each “steersman” and “paddler” a right position; brings in competition and enterprise management methods to boost management efficiency and management benefit; promotes the realization of performance management and output control; offers high-quality responsive service and professional management and so on. Both the historical background and the points of New Public Management are coupling to the need of colleges and universities’ state-owned assets management, and in accordance with the practical logic of concrete coupling. Hence, its quintessence can be applied to improve the management status of Chinese colleges and universities’ state-owned assets.Given this, based on the historical development of New Public Management and the state-owned assets management status of Chinese colleges and universities, the present study, employs New Public Management Theory as the analytical tool, selects the existing management mode of Chinese colleges and universities as the base point. On the premise of the analysis of centralized management mode, classified management mode and hierarchical management mode, referencing to higher institutes’ assets management of America, British, and Japan, and combining Chinese basic national conditions, it works to further improve colleges and universities’ state-owned assets management mode and system from the aspects of management idea, management framework, and management tool, management mechanism, making efforts to improve state-owned assets’ management benefit and realize the management goals of state-owned assets’ safety and completeness, maintenance and appreciation.