According to the introduction of higher education of the Ministry of Education, at present, the enrollment of colleges and universities in China has reached 7.48 million, and the number of graduates has exceeded 7 million. The gross enrollment rate of higher education has increased from 30% in 20 12 to 42.7% in 20 16, and China is rapidly moving towards the popularization of higher education. While the popularization level of higher education has improved, the quality of higher education in China and its contribution to national development have improved significantly.
The world rankings of some universities and disciplines have improved significantly. From 20 12 to 20 16, the number of mainland universities in the top 500 of the four world universities increased from 3 1 to 98. The total scientific and technological funds of colleges and universities reached 653,654,380+billion yuan, taking the lead in undertaking more than 80% of the national natural science foundation projects and a large number of major national scientific and technological tasks such as 973 and 863.
The total amount of research funds obtained by colleges and universities to serve the social needs of enterprises exceeds 179 1 100 million yuan, accounting for 27.4% of the total research funds of colleges and universities. The direct transaction volume of scientific and technological achievements exceeds 654.38+03.09 billion yuan, and the number of invention patents granted exceeds one-fifth of the total annual invention patents granted in China.
Higher education has entered the late stage of popularization, especially towards popularization. Higher education in all countries in the world has a common feature, that is, diversification. The development of higher education will be diversified in types, levels, structures and standards. On the development of vocational education, Zhou Wei, deputy director of the Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, said that China has built the largest vocational education system in the world.