Chinese model of international higher education cooperation: a case study of Sino-German higher education cooperation

With the development of higher education in China and the expansion of cooperation with other countries, Chinese higher education institutions are exploring the ways of international cooperation in the field of higher education. China and Germany are important partners in higher education. In recent years, Sino-German cooperation has demonstrated such characteristics as variety of forms, strong government support, and diverse goals of mutually beneficial cooperation. Sino-German higher education cooperation is a good example of China's model of international cooperation, which can be used as a guide to restore and promote Sino-foreign higher education cooperation in the post-epidemic era. The purpose of the article is to analyze the experience of cooperation between China and Germany in accordance with the developed model. The authors analyzed the current problems of interaction between China and Germany in the field of higher education and substantiated the need to resolve them. Currently, the EU is focusing on developing relations with China in the field of higher education, but in fact the EU has introduced many restrictions, which have narrowed the space for cooperation. The growing level of instability in Sino-European and Sino-German relations has caused the rapid development of Sino-German cooperation in the field of higher education to become a bottleneck. However, it is useful to effectively utilize new opportunities provided by the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany, to normalize international exchanges in post-epidemic era. The experience of Sino-German cooperation provided by many universities can promote the development of Sino-German relations in higher education.