Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools is a new thing in the field of education at the beginning of China's reform and opening up. In the mid-1980s, China Renmin University, Fudan University and Nanjing University successively cooperated with American universities to hold degree classes and set up research centers, all of which were precedents for early Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools. From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, the number of Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools increased gradually. In order to standardize foreign educational exchanges and cooperation activities, the former State Education Commission issued the Interim Provisions on Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools (hereinafter referred to as the Interim Provisions). As a new educational model, Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools has made certain progress in this period. 200 1, China's accession to the world trade organization. Paragraph 3 of Article 10 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services of the WTO stipulates that all teaching activities that charge tuition fees and are of a commercial nature belong to the category of trade in educational services, except those funded by governments of various countries. This requires China to translate the rules and agreements of the WTO Protocol into domestic laws and regulations. In March 2003, China promulgated the Regulations on Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations), and its promulgation and implementation provided a legal basis for further opening up education and standardizing Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools. In order to better implement the regulations, in March 2004, the Ministry of Education promulgated the Measures for the Implementation of the Regulations on Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools in People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the Measures), which further refined the relevant management systems and measures. The promulgation and implementation of "Regulations" and "Measures" marked the legalization of Chinese-foreign cooperative education and entered a period of rapid development, which played a positive role in standardizing Chinese-foreign cooperative education and promoting sound development.

For the first time, the Regulations clarified the nature and status of Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools in the form of laws and regulations, and also emphasized the government's policy orientation. China actively promotes Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, and the first article of the Regulations clearly puts forward the general goal of national policy: to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in foreign education and promote the development of education. ? Its specific policy objectives are stated in Article 3 of the Regulations: the State encourages Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools by introducing foreign high-quality educational resources; The state encourages Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools in the fields of higher education and vocational education; Encourage China higher education institutions to cooperate with well-known foreign higher education institutions in running schools. ? Article 3 of the Measures also states the specific policy objectives: the state encourages educational institutions in China to cooperate with foreign educational institutions whose academic level and teaching quality are generally recognized; The state encourages cooperation in running schools in emerging and urgently needed disciplines and fields in China; The state encourages Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools in western regions and remote and poor areas. ? To sum up, the specific policies focus on the following three aspects:

(1) Partners: foreign educational institutions with high academic level and good teaching quality;

(2) areas of cooperation: emerging and urgently needed disciplines and majors in higher education and vocational education;

(3) Areas of cooperation: All regions of the country, especially the western and remote areas, should strengthen Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools.