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This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of education in China, covering 12 critical topics including basic education, higher education, professional education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, mental health education, and international education and excellence initiatives. Drawing from current research, theoretical literature, and real-life stories, this book examines the developmental trajectories, achievements, and best practices in the above-mentioned topics, to reflect realities of education transformation in China. It also incorporates a global comparison of key indicators to explore strengths of and gaps in Chinese education with its global counterparts. Setting its context in an ever-changing world, this book intends to explore conceptual support to develop "a modern education system with Chinese features and world standards", to provide implications for further developing quality education in all sectors, and topromote understanding and inspire critical discussion on education development in China and around the world. This book serves as a valuable resource for students, scholars, and policy makers in the field of education studies, as well as for the general public who are interested in Chinese education.

In the era marked by globalization and its profound impacts on individuals, societies, states and markets, world-class universities need to position themselves in the forefront of seeking conceptual and practical solutions to daunting challenges by paying greater attention to their roles in serving local society and contributing to global common goods. Based on the findings of the Seventh International Conference on World-Class Universities, World-Class Universities: Towards a Global Common Good and Seeking National and Institutional Contributions provides updated insights and debates on how world-class universities will contribute to the global common good and balance their global, national and local roles in doing so

Acknowledgements -- Matching Visibility and Performance: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities -- Section I: Global Reflection -- Excellence Strategies and the Creation of World-Class Universities -- Towards World-Class Systems: World-Class Universities in High Participation Systems of Higher Education -- World-Class Universities in an Age of Slow Growth -- The Role of Universities in Society: Challenges Ahead -- Section II: National Reactions -- Transformation of University Governance through Internationalization: Challenges for Top Universities and Government Policies in Japan -- China's Higher Education in Global Perspective: Leader or Follower in the 'World-Class' Movement? -- Research Universities for National Rejuvenation and Global Influence: China's Search for a Balanced Model -- Section III: Institutional Responses -- Trading between Visibility and Performance at Global and Local Levels: The Example of Research Universities in France -- Global Visibility and Local Engagement: Can They Go Together? The Case of the National Research University Higher School of Economics -- A University for the Tropics -- Developing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Graduates -- Exploring the Linkage between Rankings and Strategic Planning -- The Role of Universities, the Rise of Rankings, and Internationalization -- About the Authors