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CHU Xiaolin
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2025.06.001
China National Academy of Educational Sciences, Beijing, China
Local general undergraduate colleges and universities are the main force of China’s higher education development, and the gap in financial resource allocation constrains the development of local higher education. The article studied the differences in financial investment and per capita financial investment of local general undergraduate colleges and universities from 2007 to 2022, and found that development planning and policy support play an important strategic orientation role in narrowing the regional gap; the regional gap has shown a rebound trend in the last decade, and the gap in financial investment should be controlled in a reasonable interval. It is suggested that priority development should be implemented and the forward-looking allocation of financial inputs matching the development of local higher education should be strengthened; vertical decentralization should be clarified, and a central and local financial relationship with clear powers and responsibilities, coordinated financial resources, and regional balance should be established; horizontal cooperation should be strengthened, and the mechanism of East-West collaboration in education and the mechanism of regional collaborative support should be improved.
higher education, financial resource allocation, regional differences
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