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RegionalCollaborationandCooperationinHigherEducation地区高等教育合作LawrenceJ.Lau,Ph.D.刘遵义President校长andRalphandClaireLandauProfessorofEconomicsTheChineseUniversityofHongKong香港中文大学andKwoh-TingLiProfessorinEconomicDevelopment,Emeritus,StanfordUniversityTheSecondBeijing-HongKongHeadsofUniversitiesForumHongKong,November26,2007Phone:(852)2609-8600;Fax:(852)2603-5230Email:LAWRENCELAU@CUHK.EDU.HK;WebPages:Introduction（导言）TheModesofRegionalCollaborationandCooperation（地区合作模式）TheBenefitsofRegionalCollaborationandCooperation（地区合作收益）TheNecessaryConditionsforSuccessfulRegionalCollaborationandCooperation（成功的地区合作的必要条件）ConcludingRemarks（结语）LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong3Introduction（导言）Thebenefitsofcollaborationandcooperation（地区合作收益）areatamaximum（最大化）whenthetwocollaboratingregions/institutionsarethemostdifferent.Whentheyaredifferenttheycancomplement（互补）eachother—one’sstrengthcancompensatefortheother’sweakness.Thereislesstobegainedwhenthetwocollaboratingregions/institutionsareverysimilar,exceptthrougheconomiesofscalebutsucheconomiesareeasiertoachievewithinregionsratherthanacrossregions.Inter-regionalcollaborationandcooperation（地区间合作）canyieldmoresignificantbenefitsthanintra-regionalcollaborationandcooperation（地区内合作）becausetheinstitutionsarelikelytobemoredifferent(andalsodonothaveahistoryofcompetition).LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong4Introduction（导言）However,thedifferencesbetweenregions/institutionsshouldbemoreonthefieldsofstudy（学科领域）andtheenvironment（教研环境）,ratherthanthequalityofthefacultymembersandstudents（教师及学生的质量）.Thequalitiesofthefacultymembersandstudentsofthecollaboratinguniversitiesinthetworegionsshouldactuallybecomparablesothatboththefacultymembersandthestudentsatoneuniversitywillfitincomfortablyattheotheruniversityandviceversa.Moreover,similarqualitiesoffacultymembersandstudentsgenerallyimplysimilaracademicstandards,whichinturnmakethemutualandreciprocalrecognitionofcoursesandcreditsacrossthetwocollaboratinguniversitiesmucheasier.LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong5Introduction（导言）Differencesinthelanguagesusedbetweentworegionscanimpedecollaborationandcooperationbutcanbeanadvantageundersomecircumstancesinthisageofglobalizationbecausetheyallowthefacultyandstudentstobroadentheirperspectivesandexperiencedifferentculturalenvironments,inadditiontohavingtheopportunitytoimprovetheirlanguageskills.LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong6RegionalDifferencesandSimilarities地区间的异同Whataretherelevantregionaldifferencesandsimilaritiesinadditiontolanguages?Theinfrastructure,facilitiesandequipment(e.g.,cyclotron,linearaccelerator,librarycollections)Thecostsofteachersandstaff,includingtechnicalmanpowerThesizeandqualityofthemanpowerpoolTheavailabilityofresearchfundingThefieldsofstudyofferedThedegreeofinternationalizationLawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong7TheNaturalAdvantagesofBeijing北京的天然优势Beijinghasthefollowingadvantages:Asthenation’scapital,Beijinghasuniqueadvantages—thereisanabundanceofresources,notonlyfromtheMinistryofEducationandthePeople’sGovernmentoftheMunicipalityofBeijing,butalsofromalltheotherMinistriesandotherGovernmentAgenciesBeijingalsohasalongandglorioushistoryandisthelocationofgreatuniversities,museums,galleries,researchinstitutes,nationalresearchinstitutionssuchastheChineseAcademyofSciencesandtheChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesBeijinghasalongtraditionofcultureBeijinghascomprehensivecoverageofalmostallfieldsofstudyBeijingattractsthebesttalentsfromtheentirenationLawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong8TheNaturalAdvantagesofHongKong香港的天然优势HongKonghasthefollowingadvantages:HongKonghasfirst-rate,comprehensive,research-baseduniversities,withstronglinkstotheinternationalacademiccommunityHongKongattractsalargenumberofinternationalteachersandstudents.Anon-Chinesespeakercanlive,studyandworkinHongKongusingonlyEnglishwithoutanyproblem.ThereiscompleteacademicfreedomintheeducationalinstitutionsinHongKong.Thereisalsocompletefreedomofaccesstoinformation—theinternetisentirelyopenandthepressisamongthefreestintheworld.HongKongprovidesexcellentprotectiontointellectualpropertyrights.Asafinancial,internationaltradeandlogisticscenter,HongKongalsohasspecialcapabilitiesinthesefields.LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong9TheModesofRegionalCollaboration（地区合作模式）Exchangeofundergraduatestudents（本科生的交换）Exchangeofresearchgraduatestudents（研究生的交换）Exchangeoffacultymembers（教师的交换）Collaborativeresearch（合作研究）betweenfacultymembersofcollaboratinguniversitiesinthetworegionsJointprogrammesandjointdegrees（联合培养项目及联合学位）—expansionofboththepooloffacultymembersandthepoolofstudents,enablingdeepercoverageoffieldsandsub-fieldsofstudySpecialdedicatedprogrammes（特殊专业项目）(e.g.,veterinarymedicine,contemporaryChinesehistory,nuclearengineering)—educatingthestudentsofoneregionatauniversityattheotherregioninafieldofstudynotavailableinthelocalregionLawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong10TheBenefitsofRegionalCollab