Restructuring the Program-Establishment Mechanism of Chinese Universities Under the Integrated Development of Education,Science and Technology,and Talent:Responsiveness and Stability in the Face of Future Industries
Zhu Yuanwei
School of Law,Central South University,Changsha 410083,China
Abstract：The establishment of academic programs is the institutional interface linking the chains of education,science and technology,and talent;how efficiently it operates bears directly on whether future industries can obtain a commensurate supply of talent.Drawing on policy-text analysis and on cases of the extraordinary establishment of programs for strategic demands such as low-altitude technology and engineering,and embodied intelligence,this paper examines the operating condition of the program-establishment mechanism of Chinese universities along three dimensions:the institutional interface,responsiveness,and stability.Research finds that the current regime,built on a program catalogue and ex-ante approval,is under pressure at both responsiveness and stability ends:program supply lags behind industrial iteration;large-scale annual additions and withdrawals erode the predictability of the system;and enrolled students lack institutional arrangements for the rights to information,participation,and remedy when a program is withdrawn.The paper therefore proposes restructuring the mechanism through governance by standards.The essence of this shift is to replace case-by-case licensing with approval upon compliance,driving an overall transformation across four dimensions:the allocation of authority,the constellation of decision-makers,the mechanism of response,and the protection of rights.The allocation of program-establishment authority should expand from a binary government-university structure into a collaborative structure in which government sets standards,universities make judgments,and research institutes and enterprises supply knowledge and demand signals.Future programs should be subject to classified and graded recognition criteria;existing policy arrangements should be integrated into an interlocking dynamic adjustment procedure of forecasting,early warning,deliberation,decision,and disclosure;and program withdrawal should be bounded by legitimate expectations and the right to education.On this basis,reforms are proposed at the level of government,universities,and multi-actor collaboration,so as to move program establishment from rule by catalogue to governance by standards and to provide an institutional interface that is both agile and stable for the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation.
朱园伟. 教育科技人才一体化下高校专业设置机制的重构:面向未来产业的响应与安定[J]. 中国科技论坛, 2026(10): 66-75.
Zhu Yuanwei. Restructuring the Program-Establishment Mechanism of Chinese Universities Under the Integrated Development of Education,Science and Technology,and Talent:Responsiveness and Stability in the Face of Future Industries. , 2026(10): 66-75.
2026, 
