Bao Feiyang answered each question raised by Li Weizhong. The more questions Li Weizhong raised, the more it reflected the attitude of Li Weizhong and Xingang University of Science and Technology on the matter of cooperative education. For some questions, Bao Feiyang was able to give definite answers. It can satisfy Li Weizhong, but for some problems, Bao Feiyang can only say that he will try his best, but cannot guarantee it, because it is beyond his scope of authority. And there are actually many such problems. Li Weizhong was generally satisfied with this meeting, but what he was most satisfied with was Bao Feiyang¡¯s frank and positive attitude. As for cooperative schooling, he still had a lot of doubts. If Xingang University of Science and Technology just runs an MBA business school or a computer information school like other cooperative education projects, or directly adopts high tuition fees, plus a 2+2 school running model, and runs mainland communities as preparatory courses for studying abroad, Then things are very simple. But this was not the purpose of Bao Feiyang and Li Weizhong. Li Weizhong had been engaged in higher education for many years and returned to Xingang to found Xingang University of Science and Technology. This was also Li Weizhong's fulfillment of his educational ideals for many years. And if you can return to the mainland to run a school, you will be able to fulfill your long-cherished wish. Both Li Weizhong and Bao Feiyang wanted to set up a real university in the mainland, not just a business school. So far, although there are many Sino-foreign cooperative education projects, there are no joint universities. It was not until five years later that the University of Nottingham Ningcheng became the first truly joint university in the mainland. However, the high tuition fees of the University of Nottingham also discouraged ordinary students. Later, the tuition fees of Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, New York University Pujiang, Guangdong Israel Institute of Technology, and even the Shenzhen Campus of the Chinese University of Newport were almost ten times that of ordinary schools, at least as high as It has reached more than seven times, and the annual tuition alone is as high as about 100,000 yuan, which is completely beyond the reach of ordinary student families. Of course, the purpose of running these schools is elite education. Some of their students will study abroad, and some will continue their studies at school. They pursue a market-oriented education philosophy, and professional courses also emphasize application. To a certain extent, this type of school has enriched the options of domestic higher education and is a good alternative for students who want to study abroad but feel that studying abroad is relatively expensive. However, such schools actually play a minimal role in popularizing higher education, expanding the audience of higher education, and even improving and promoting the level of higher education and improving the academic atmosphere. ¡°What Bao Feiyang and Li Weizhong are pursuing is a popular higher education institution, a university that can influence the way of running higher education in the region and even the country, attract the best students, and have a certain academic influence. To put it simply, Li Weizhong wants to run another Hong Kong University of Science and Technology instead of making money through a branch. This requires huge investment, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology needs more autonomy in running schools, which also determines that it is difficult for them to be like domestic public universities. That way, if they get enough funds from the government, they will face many difficulties. Although Li Weizhong did not make the decision on behalf of HKUST, he and Bao Feiyang still reached a consensus that no matter how many difficulties there are and how difficult they are, both parties can work together to solve the difficulties and strive for the success of the project. Originally, Li Weizhong wanted to take Bao Feiyang to see the campus of HKUST and let Bao Feiyang experience the atmosphere of HKUST for himself, but Bao Feiyang refused. Bao Feiyang did not think that he could experience the true essence of HKUST in the company of the Vice President of HKUST. He chose to wander around the campus with Meng Shuang. Although it was not comprehensive, he could truly experience something. In fact, Fangxia Ceramics and Fangxia Paper have cooperated with HKUST, and even some technical projects of Fangxia Technology Center have cooperated with HKUST. As the director of Fang Xia Technology Center, Meng Shuang has been to HKUST many times and is familiar with HKUST. After leaving HKUST, Bao Feiyang and Meng Shuang visited Xingang University, Xingang Chinese University, Xingang Polytechnic University and other universities in Xingang. In comparison, Xingang University of Science and Technology has the most positive attitude, and Li Weizhong's school-running philosophy is most consistent with Bao Feiyang's ideas. Currently, Xingang University, the strongest among the universities in Xingang, has a relatively negative attitude. If it were not for the operation of Fang Xia Group, the other party might not be interested at all. The Chinese University of Newport has a more positive attitude than the University of Newport, but their idea is roughly similar to the model of the University of Nottingham in Ningcheng. It seems to be a cooperative education, but in fact it is to build a branch for international students. This is not what Bao Feiyang wants. Compared with the previous universities, Newport University of Technology is slightly less powerful and academically prestigious, but it is also a relatively famous university in Newport and even in Asia. Their attitude is similar to that of the Chinese University of Newport. They are asked to go to the mainland to run an ordinary university, which is a thankless task. They also have more doubts. In comparison, Xingang University of Science and Technology has the most positive attitude and its school philosophy is more consistent. Of course, ??It is not impossible for other universities to cooperate. Although elite education is not Bao Feiyang¡¯s goal, elite education is also needed, but the government, including Bao Feiyang, will not spend too much resources and energy. Bao Feiyang Our plan is to give priority to cooperating with Newport University of Science and Technology to establish an ordinary university. If Newport University of Science and Technology is interested, both parties can also establish an independent college. This independent college is equivalent to an international student college and implements elite education, so that Hong Kong University of Science and Technology does not need to It hopes to make money through a jointly run ordinary university, but it can make money through this independent college. If HKUST does not have this idea, then it can cooperate with several other schools to build such an elite university. After visiting several universities, Bao Feiyang originally planned to take a flight back to Pujiang, but unexpectedly he received a call from the New Port Office. Liang Jianwu, deputy director of the New Port Office, wanted to meet him. Liang Jianwu is a senior official at the deputy ministerial level. Although he has no jurisdictional relationship with Bao Feiyang, when Liang Jianwu summoned him, Bao Feiyang could not just ignore it. He could only change the ticket he had booked and rush to Xingang to handle the matter. "Originally, I should be present at your wedding to Mr. Meng, but the old man has too strict requirements on his family and won't let us go. We can only wish you well from afar!" After meeting, Liang Jianwu smiled and handed over a pair of Longines The expression was handed to Bao Feiyang: "This is a gift from an international friend. It is a diplomatic gift. It is registered with the Commission for Discipline Inspection. It is a popular model, not one with a scary price. You can accept it with confidence, even if it is a gift from me." Your wedding gift!" "Thank you, Director Liang!" Bao Feiyang glanced at Meng Shuang and put away the pair of Longines watches without any pretense. A pair of Longines watches, which can be given as a diplomatic gift, are worth no less than five figures. But since Liang Jianwu said so, there should be nothing wrong with keeping these watches. However, after receiving Bao Feiyang¡¯s signal, Meng Shuang still took out a Montblanc gold pen from his bag and gave it to Liang Jianwu as a return gift. Liang Jianwu did not refuse and accepted it directly. "I heard that you have visited several universities in Xingang in the past two days. You hope to cooperate with the universities in Xingang to run schools in the mainland?" Liang Jianwu is an old subordinate of Mr. Zhao and a comrade of Zhao Genzheng. The Zhao family is alone, but no one is involved here. Cannot be ignored. Liang Jianwu talked a little bit about the relationship with Bao Feiyang and Meng Shuang, and then spoke. Bao Feiyang nodded: "Yes, this year Pingjing proposed to revitalize higher education in the mainland, and universities began to expand enrollment. But the enrollment scale can be increased rapidly. The faculty and hardware facilities of existing universities are there, and the carrying capacity is limited. , Blindly expanding enrollment is likely to cause a decline in teaching quality, which is contrary to the original intention of the policy. "Bao Feiyang said: "At present, some colleges and universities are enriching school resources through mergers to cope with the rapid expansion of enrollment, but this kind of expansion. Mergers are mixed, and the resources that can be merged are also limited. Next, major universities will definitely build new campuses, but new campuses can be built, but it is not so easy to improve faculty, teaching and scientific research capabilities, and the rapid expansion of teaching The scale will only reduce the original teaching quality. In addition, the current industrial trend in colleges and universities will have a relatively large impact on academic research. " "Currently, our country is in a critical window for rapid development and catching up with developed countries, and there is a huge domestic industry. Market and demographic dividends can put us in an advantageous position in the competition in labor-intensive industries, but as the period of high population growth passes, our demographic dividends will disappear in another twenty years, and the population will age. We arrived before we entered a wealthy society, so for our country, the time we can enjoy the demographic dividend and the competitive advantage of labor-intensive industries is only twenty years. After twenty years, when the demographic dividend disappears, the competitive advantages of labor-intensive industries will be lost. No longer exists, we can only carry out industrial upgrading, just like Japan now, and have a place in high-end manufacturing and high-tech industries, so that our economic growth can be sustainable,¡± Bao Feiyang said: ¡°And we must develop high-end manufacturing. In addition to the state's support for relevant enterprises, the guidance of industrial policies, and the efforts of enterprises, it is also very critical whether universities can continue to cultivate outstanding talents and whether research results can continue to emerge in related fields. "We now like to talk about companies' investment in R&D and their R&D results. This is true. Most of the commercialized research results must come from companies, but colleges and universities have always been the base for cultivating high-tech talents. It is also the place with the highest concentration of high-tech and highly educated talents. A country must first have strong higher education, and then have strong scientific and technological capabilities"