News Analysis
More than a dozen Chinese provinces recently announced that they have no plans to build new universities. China experts point out that with the decline in the country’s population, particularly a large number of COVID-19 deaths, there is a significant reduction in the college-age population, and universities will have trouble recruiting enough students in the near future.
Chinese state media Southern Metropolis Daily reported on Jan. 16 that several new university projects were shelved in Guangdong Province. For example, Zhanjiang City rejected a proposal to establish the College of Health and Chinese Medicine. Jieyang City ended the construction of Puning University and Jieyang Health Vocational College. In December 2022, the Education Bureau of Foshan City also hinted that a joint project between the Foshan municipal government and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University would not proceed as planned….