Foreign Linguistic Experts and Teachers in China

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China implemented its reform and opening policies at the beginning of 1978 and shortly thereafter invited the help of a small number of foreign experts, mostly linguists, to overcome the deficiencies in the number of qualified foreign language personnel and teachers, as well as the low level of foreign language teaching at that time. Colleges and universities directly under the Ministry of Education invited 143 short- and long-term foreign cultural and educational experts in 1979 alone. Between the mid- to late-1980s, China initiated a program to adjust the professional structure by gradually increasing the number of foreign experts in science and engineering, and adjusting the proportion of both short- and long-term experts. The program to adjust the annual plan was supplemented by a separate plan which placed priority on key and urgent projects related to agriculture, energy and communications.

The number of foreign experts and teachers has increased dramatically over the past 20 years along with the rationalization of the professional structure. More than 1,200 units have registered and received credentials from concerned departments. The number of invited cultural and educational experts grew to 14,000 in 1995, a 31-fold increase on 1979. In 2002 the number of teachers was nearly 50,000, with the total number of foreign experts over 250,000.

The Chinese government has introduced a series of reform measures to scientifically promote the management of foreign experts, including publication of the Credential Requirements for Units Inviting Foreign Cultural and Educational Experts, the Provisional Regulations Governing Arbitration of Contract Disputes Involving Foreign Cultural and Educational Experts and Methods for the Management of Schools and Other Educational Institutions Employing Foreign Professional Personnel. The China Arbitration Committee for Contract Disputes Involving Foreign Cultural and Educational Experts was established in March 1994 to safeguard and guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of inviting units and employed foreign experts.

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