Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, went to Renmin University of China last month to “investigate” and emphasized that building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics “cannot follow others in the same way.” (The picture is taken from the website of Renmin University of China)
2022/05/10 20:59
[Central News Agency]After Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, went to Renmin University of China for “investigation” (inspection) last month, emphasizing that building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics “cannot follow others in the same way”, according to official media reports, Renmin University confirmed that it has Decided to withdraw from the international university rankings this year.
According to Lu media reports, up to now, Nanjing University and Lanzhou University have also withdrawn from the international university rankings. Whether it will trigger the follow-up trend of Chinese universities has attracted much attention. Some Chinese scholars pointed out that Renmin University’s withdrawal from the international university rankings reflects a clear sign of China’s decoupling from the West after Xi Jinping came to power.
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The official media China Central Broadcasting Network reported on the 9th that recently, the online rumor that “Renmin University of China has withdrawn from the international university rankings” has attracted attention. Several people familiar with the matter said that the school leadership has reached a consensus and made the decision. The decision “is in line with the development direction of China’s education and will also become a trend”.
The report quoted a relevant leader of Renmin University as saying that Renmin University has indeed decided not to participate in the international rankings. Another person familiar with the matter said it “reflects the autonomy and courage of Chinese universities, Chinese education, Chinese culture”.
Before Renmin University confirmed its withdrawal from the international university rankings, according to Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping visited Renmin University of China on April 25 for investigation and research. During the investigation, “Chinese characteristics, world-class” was repeatedly mentioned by Xi Jinping.
Xi Jinping emphasized, “Building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics cannot follow others and simply use foreign universities as the standard and model.” road.
Radio Free Asia reported today that these statements by state media appear to confirm the relevance of Renmin University’s exit rankings to Xi Jinping’s investigation. But eight years ago, on the May 4th Youth Day in 2014, when Xi Jinping inspected Peking University, he emphasized the need to earnestly absorb the world’s advanced experience in running a school, follow the laws of education, and take root in China to run a university.
Xi himself seems to be taking a big step back. Xia Yeliang, a former professor of economics at Peking University, pointed out that this incident reflects the overall trend since Xi Jinping came to power. “Especially after Xi Jinping came to power, the whole (China) has very obvious signs of decoupling from the West.”
According to reports, the current president of Renmin University of China, Liu Wei, was the dean of the School of Economics at Peking University when Xia Yeliang was teaching at Peking University. When Xi Jinping inspected Renmin University this time, Liu Wei also accompanied him.
Xia Yeliang recalled that when he was teaching at Peking University, he was entrusted by Liu Wei to formulate a postgraduate training program according to the standards of Western universities, but this program was rejected by Liu Wei, “He said that the standard was set too high, and most people were The people we cultivate ourselves can’t meet that standard. Besides, we don’t necessarily have to do it in the Western way.”
Renmin University of China is the first new type of regular university founded by the Communist Party of China. However, this university founded by the CCP is embarrassing in the international rankings, far below the domestic rankings.
According to Sina Finance, from 2021 to 2022, Renmin University of China will be ranked 590.9th on average in 10 international university rankings. In the Times Higher Education special issue (Times Higher Education) rankings, only ranked 601; China ranked 28th.
In the ranking of China University of Science and Technology, in 2022, Renmin University of China will be ranked 19th.
There are currently 5 Chinese universities in the top 100 in the Times World University Rankings 2022, followed by Peking University, Beijing Tsinghua University (tied for 16th), Zhejiang University (75th), Shanghai Jiaotong University (84th), and China Science Technical University (No. 88).
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