Graduate education in China and its international context.

摘要

The purpose of this dissertation is to introduce the graduate education system of China, with special attention to its international context. The main focus is on the status of Chinese graduate education since its resumption in 1978 taking into account the foreign influences that have shaped its evolution. Some attention will also be devoted to tracing its historical background and to considering future trends.;This dissertation explores and analyzes the factors in societal context (political, economic, cultural and social, etc.) that influence and determine the development of Chinese graduate education and to consider the relationships between them.;It also identifies the distinguishing features of Chinese graduate education and the similarities and differences between graduate education in China and the West.;Based on the first-hand data collected from the extensive fieldwork, this dissertation lays out both the macro and micro structures of graduate education and research organizations which embrace state and provincial level agents, six universities and research institutes, and five disciplines such as history, economics, genetics, chemistry, and engineering.