The reform and development of the engineering education in China

With the Chinese government always attaching great attention to the development of higher education, higher education in China has made great progresses, especially after the adoption of opening-up policy and reform at the end of 1970s. At present, facing the increasingly severe challenges of resources, energy and environment and the reality of economic development in China, the Chinese government has put forward the strategy of accelerating the industrialization process and adopting new approaches with Chinese characteristics for this purpose. At the same time, with the strategic objective of improving the overall competitiveness and building up an innovative country, higher education bears the task of producing a large number of talents with high quality. Therefore, higher education in China bears important and historic responsibilities.