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April 12, 1999, the UNESCO Chair On Continuing Engineering Education
in China was set up in Tsinghua University. Vice Chairman of Tsinghua
University Council, Professor Guan Zhicheng, was named director-professor
of the Chair, and the School of Continuing Education of Tsinghua University
is in charge of routine administration work of the Chair. Baogang
Institute of Continuing Education, Gezhouba Education Group Corporation,
Beijing Institute of Technology, Association of China Continuing Engineering
Education, the Center of China High-tech Industry Continuing Engineering
Education, and the School of Continuing Education of Tsinghua University
are members of the Chair working committee.
After the establishment of the Chair, a series of activities involving
international cooperation and communication have been held,
with successful results. From April 1999 to present, the Chair has
sponsored the "International Conference on Distance Education,
Distance Learning and Education Development in the 21st Century,"
the first "High-level Seminar on Modern Distance Education in
China," the "International Seminar on the Strategy and Policy
for Continuing Education in the 21st Century," a high-level distance
training program called "Challenges and Opportunities-Globalization
and Participating in WTO."
The aim of the Chair is to facilitate international intellectual
cooperation and to promote world peace by shared work in education,
science and culture. Through partnerships and use of the Internet
and other communication tools, the Chair aids the exchange and fast
spread of knowledge. It creates and carries out plans for training
engineers and managers, organizes international, regional and national
seminars, facilitates technology transfer and cooperation between
universities and enterprises, promotes continuing engineering education
in China, and scores a range of positive experiences to serve as
models for other developing countries.
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National Continuing Education Society of Chinese Colleges
& Universities
National Modern Distance Education Coordination Organization of
Chinese Colleges and Universities
To implement the "Education Revitalization Plan Facing the
21st Century" and to promote the development of continuing
education and distance education in China, the National Continuing
Education Society of Chinese Colleges and Universities and National
Modern Distance Education Coordination Organization of Chinese Colleges
and Universities were founded in Beijing on May 28, 2000, and July
17, 2000, respectively.
The secretariats of both groups were set up in Tsinghua University.
Vice President Hu Dongcheng was named Director-General of the Society,
and the Director of the Coordination Organization. Professor Yan
Jichang, vice managing director of the School of Continuing Education,
has assumed the posts of both vice director-general and secretary-general
of the Society, as well as the position of secretary-general of
the Coordination Organization.
The founding of the Society as well as that of the Coordination Organization
has had a significant impact on the carrying out of the national education
strategy of "Revitalizing the Nation through Science and Education."
The main goals of the two groups are to learn from domestic and foreign
continuing education and distance education practices, actively carry
out cooperation projects, and speed up the development of information-based
education.
National Continuing Engineering Education
Society
National Adult Advanced Education Research Society
Beijing Continuing Education Society
Electronic Engineering Continuing Education Information Network
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