Assimilative management for foreign students in china: specifics and strategies of realization

Work with foreign students in Chinais comprehensive and complex. It includes teaching, management, providing services and other aspects. With the increasing number of foreign students in China, these problems are becoming more complicated and the tasks more and more burdensome. Assimilative management, based on maintaining the characteristics of education management for foreign students to some extent, alleviates this situation. The objective of this study is to identify the true connotation of assimilative management by interpreting the relevant policies of the Chinese government about foreign students in Chinaand to find out ways and strategies of implementing assimilation management for foreign students in universities. The fundamental purpose of assimilative management is to optimize the allocation of university teaching, management and service resources, and ultimately improve the education quality for the foreign students. This paper analyzes the management practices of foreign students in Chinese universities for nearly 70 years, interprets the latest policies for foreign students in Chinaand explores the strategies of implementing these policies.