The higher education system reforms in China in the 20th - early 21st centuries

The study elaborates on the higher education system reforms in China in the 20th - early 21st centuries and identifies the main stages of this system development. It should be mentioned that the abolition of private education providers and their integration into public universities led to the creation of a unified education system in China. The focus of higher education institutions on engineering staff training, introduction of the course in Marxism-Leninism and Maoism, major ranking as well as the emphasis on an access course for experts in national economy are the powerful steps in reforming the education system which is considered to be a coherent and integrated process. In the 1980s, the organizational structure of higher education institutions was restructured and a new structure was based on positive international experience. Nowadays, the People’s Republic of China is one of the leaders in the field of world education. The synthesis of world experience and national traditions is the distinctive feature of the Chinese higher education system.