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Mar. 2007, Volume 4, No.3 (Serial No.28) US-China Education Review, ISSN1548-6613, USA Importing quality higher educational resources through Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools LIN Jin-hui, LIU Zhi-ping (Research Institute of Higher Education, Xiamen University, Fujian Province, 361005 China) Abstract: Importing quality higher education resources is the core mission of Chinese-foreign joint initiative in higher education as well as the key to improve the level of the cooperation initiatives. The paper reviews the history and current situation of the introduction of quality higher education resources through Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools. It scrutinizes the whole process of importing quality higher education resources and analyzes the main problems in the process about quality evaluation, resources import, joint management and quality assurance mechanism. On this basis, the paper attempts to analyze the development trend of the process and provides some suggestions. Key words: Chinese-foreign cooperation; higher educational resources; quality assurance 1. The Significance of Importing Quality Educational Resource through Chinese-foreign Joint Initiative in Higher Education “Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools refers to educational undertakings enrolling Chinese citizens as the main objectives and run by cooperative educational institutions established in cooperation with foreign bodies corporate, individuals and relevant international organizations and Chinese educational institutions and other social organizations with the status of a legal person”(SEC, 1995, Chapter 1: Article 2). As far as higher education concerned, qual