China Education Daily (February 15) runs two articles on the building of world class
universities and their new mission and requirements. It emphasises that they have a "New
orientation, new mission, and new requirements" in higher education. The article highlighted
that "the person in charge said that first, the party's leadership over colleges and universities
has been comprehensively strengthened, and second, the building (construction) of high-level
teachers has made significant progress. The third is to continuously improve the ability to
cultivate high-level talents to serve the needs of the country; the fourth is to further improve
the ability to serve the country's scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement;
the fifth is to fully demonstrate the role of the main force in philosophy and social sciences;
Continue to improve, and eighth is to demonstrate and drive the new development of regional
higher education". The Education Daily said there are 147 universities in the list announced
this time, and 7 new universities including Shanxi University, Nanjing Medical University,
Xiangtan University, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou Medical University,
Southern University of Science and Technology, and Shanghai University of Science and
Technology have been added. Among the disciplines, there are 59 basic disciplines such as
mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, 180 engineering disciplines, and 92 philosophy
and social science disciplines. The disciplines independently set up by Peking University and
Tsinghua University have been announced by themselves. The South China Morning Post
(February 16) clarified that “The aim is for more Chinese institutions and specialisms to rank
among the world’s best by 2030, and the country to be a global education power by 2035”
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