China set sight on influencing global educational

As part of its internationalization and digitalization of education, the People’s Republic of China within its key goals for 2025, has committed to supporting technological self-reliance to influence global education.

By Lincoln G. Peters

Beijing, April 2025: China plans to achieve this feat by building important global education centers with significant international influence that will enhance its role in global education governance.

Giving an overview of China’s education sector during a PowerPoint presentation over the weekend, Prof. Dr.Minsu Wu linked China rapid economic advancement and global developmental modernization to human resource capacity development, and technological innovation.

Delivering a paper on ‘’ Development of education in China’’ at the Communication University of China, Beijing, Professor Minsu, explained that China’s Reform and Opening-up policy developed and implemented by the strong leadership of the CPPCC and NPC is the tool that is driving its development, economic stability and educational transformation.

He said this is being further implemented under the leadership of President Xi Jinping

According to Prof. Minsu, a seasoned Communication specialist and lecturer at the Communication University with over forty-two years of experienced in teaching and service, China’s education sector transformation started with ancient education which captured the teaching and doctrine of Confucian Education, analects and the imperial educational.

“Internalization and Digitalization are key goals for 2025. In this goal, we intend Supporting technological self-reliance, which has to do with strengthening national strategic scientific and technological forces to support high level technological independence and self-reliance. Also, global influence. In this goal, we seek to build important global education centers with significant international influence, enhancing China’s role in global education governance’’ she unveiled.  

Professor Minsu reminded that China was founded 1912 with an emphasis on the cultivation of scientific knowledge and practical skills, while the imperial examination was abolished in 1905 stimulating a turning point in the modernization of Chinese education.

“Educational development in China shows that from 1978-2000 represents the Reform and Opening up, while 2010-2020 indicates population and quality improvement. On the other hand, 1949 is considered the early years of New China, 2000-2010 represents the massification of higher education and 2020 to current known as the new era of education development in China,’’ she added.

The International Communication specialist added that during the early years of new China, illiteracy was at 80%, primary school students 5% and higher education gross enrolment standing at 0.26%.

However, she further indicated that due to this troubling data, education was regarded as a vital pillar for national development, paving the avenue for the government launching a Literacy Campaigns to improve the quality of the population.

“Education development in China from 2020 to current, preschool education gross enrolment is at 91.1%, compulsory education 95.7% and higher education gross enrolment at 60.2%. With this data, China education emphasizes equity and quality improvement, advancing educational modernization’’ she concluded.

Over the weekend, 55 Journalists participating in the China International Press Communication Media Exchange Program, initiated by the China Public Diplomacy Association visited the Communication University of China, in Beijing.

The visitation which was headed by language translator aimed at providing firsthand information to journalists regarding the status of the Chinese educational system.

During the visit, journalists visited various departments and colleges at the University including the college of Videography, International Communication among others.

The visitation concluded with an indoor interactive symposium regarding the development of China’s educational sector and provided the opportunity for participants to share their perspective on the educational transformation of China and other global issues. – Edited by Othello B. Garblah.