Canada-China University Linkages:

Recent Development and Future Potentials

Xinyu Yang, Minister Counsellor(Education) , Chinese Embassy

Canada China Friendship Society

19 November 2015, Ottawa

China-Canada Relation: --Established diplomatic relations in 1970

--People-to-people and Culture Exchange (2015-2016)

--China is Canada’s Second largest trading partner

--Canada is China’s second largest overseas direct investment destination (53 billion by Jan 2015)

--Two way trade in 2014: 55.2 billion Cn dollars

--Two way visit: 1.14 million

--Canada has the most number of tourists from China

--China is the largest country of origin of international students

--1.3 million Canadian residents of Chinese origin

Provincial links:

Heilongjiang -Alberta

Jilin – Saskatchewan

Jiangsu- Ontario

Henan - Manitoba

Guangdong- BC

Hainan- PEI

Shanghai-Quebec

Shandong-Quebec

Zhejiang- Newfoundland and Labrador

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China Canada Higher Education Cooperation:

Student/faculty mobility

Jointly run institutions/programs

Joint labs and research platforms

Joint publications

Canadian Study Centers in China

Institutional linkages: 650 institutional active agreements

CCSEP

MOE/AAFC

MOE/BC,AB,QE,

CSC/Mitacs

CEAIE/CBIE

Chinese Students in Canada(2013,CBIE)

95,160 (293,505, 32.42%) 18% ↑

Canadian Students in China(2014, CSC)

3271 (377,054) 13%↓

Chinese students abroad: over 1.07 million in 80 countries

2014: 459,800 new enrollment (5% CSC, 3% home institution, 92% family and

other )

364,800 returned to China

Destination:

US: 304,040(2014-15) Japan: 860,000(2012-13)

Australia: 150,000(2013-14) Korea: 54,000(2013-14)

UK: 130,000(2013-14) France: 31,000(2013-14)

Canada: 95,195(2013-14) Germany: 25,000(2013-14)

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Jointly run institutions and programs

U Ottawa/Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.--Medical School

Saint Mary’s University/Beijing Normal University--Finance

Dalhousie University/Shandong University—Ocean Studies

U of A/Inner-Mongolia Agriculture University--Agriculture Economy

Queen’s University/Renmin University—Finance

UBC/Beijing Forestry University—Biological technology

Carleton University/Donghua University—Management, MBA

U Ottawa: 3+2 French Study Program

University of Calgary/China University of Petroleum Engineering—Engineering

University of Alberta/Sun Yat-sen University--Life, Agricultural and Environmental

Sciences.

12 Confucius Institutes

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Joint Labs and Research platforms

Tshinghua-Uof A--energy and environment

U Ottawa/Central China Normal University-- Chemistry

Calgary University/Chinese institutions—Research Center for Unconventional Oil and Gas

Western University/Mining University of China--Chemistry and environment

UBC/Chongqing Medical School—Chongqing Medical University--Canada-China Child Development and Alzheimer's Research Center

Southwest University/Universities of Windsor, Toronto and Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University-- Canada-China Three Gorges and Teacher Education Research Centre

Chongqing Medical University/--Uof Alberta-International Pregnancy Research Alliance, scientists from Canada, China, and New Zealand to advance knowledge on this important topics

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China Scholarship Council

CSC scholarship 2015: 50,000 Study in China

50,000 Study abroad(25,000)

Senior Research Fellowship

Visiting Scholar

PhD

Master’s

Undergraduate Study Abroad

Provincial and Institutional scholarship programs

2015/11/22

Experiences and Best Practices: CSC

-Project based programs

-Joint degree

-double degree

-Tailor-made programs—teacher training

Study in China Opportunities for Canadian students: Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program (CCSPEP)

China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Confucius Institute Scholarship (CI)

Provincial Government(18 provinces, 5 municipalities)

Institutional (144 institutions)

Study in China website:

http://www.csc.edu.cn/Laihua/

http://www.campuschina.org/

Initiatives:

Bilateral Education Agreement

Canada in China Initiative

Young Leader’s Study in China Program

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