Internal Governance Structure of “Double First-class” Universities in China

Abstract

Universities in China have been implementing large-scale higher education reform to construct a modern university system with Chinese characteristics. The present study explores the relationships of political, administrative, and academic power based on data analysis of China’s first batch of “double first-class” universities. Internal governance structure reform has achieved good results to adapt to the scale expanding. Chinese universities need to legalize governance structures, promote the autonomous operation of universities and the democratization of governance policies, and pursue the de-administration of their academic affairs and regulate their academic power in the system.