China’s international education policy amid the post-COVID landscape

  • Huang Yan Institute of Marxism, Guandong Ocean University, 1 Haida Road, Zhanjiang 524088, China
  • Wu Jiaqi Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Science, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Abstract

To effectively overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, China have made adjustments to national development plans in various fields such as economics, politics, society, culture, and particularly in education. These adjustments have impacted not only the development direction of the international community but also the national priority development strategy in the post-pandemic era. This paper focuses on China’s higher education and examines the international cooperation it engaged in during the pandemic as well as the relevant policies that were adopted. The analysis shows that these policies have contributed to the acceleration of China’s international education development, furthering its modernisation, localisation processes and paving the way for the development of international higher education in the post-pandemic era in the global context.

Author Biographies

Huang Yan, Institute of Marxism, Guandong Ocean University, 1 Haida Road, Zhanjiang 524088, China

PhD (political sciences and diplomacy); deputy head of the department of ideology, morality and law

Wu Jiaqi, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Science, 1 Surhanava Street, 2 building, Minsk 220072, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of research on globalisation, regionalisation and socio-cultural cooperation

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Published
2023-08-22
Keywords: international higher education, COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese modernisation, localisation of higher education, Sino-Belarusian cooperation
Supporting Agencies The article published in the framework of scientific project No. R19052 «“Belt and road”. International relations and ideology», sponsored by Guangdong Ocean University.
How to Cite
Yan, H., & Jiaqi, W. (2023). China’s international education policy amid the post-COVID landscape. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 2, 20-27. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/5624
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No 2 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
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