School Education “Goes Outward”: a New Trend in the Export of Chinese Basic Education

Exporting education not only promotes its comprehensive development and quality improvement, scientific, technological and cultural exchange between states, but also can bring economic benefits and create new growth points, enhance the country's international influence and position in the international arena. In recent years, China has paid attention not only to the development of basic education, but also to solving more and more new problems and challenges facing the Chinese economy and society as a whole. Against this background, the export of Chinese overseas education is emerging as an interesting new agenda worthy of attention. And while in the past China actively imported knowledge and specialists from different countries, now we can observe how China is gradually building new forms of international cooperation and actively establishing contacts not only in higher education, but also in vocational and school education. In recent years, the Chinese authorities have initiated the establishment of international Chinese schools in countries where Chinese citizens live and work, and where there is a significant proportion of Chinese huaqiao. Such educational institutions are established either on the basis of existing educational centers (for example, Confucius Institutes), or with the assistance of local authorities, as well as in cooperation with other Chinese schools located in the territory of the PRC. China's international schools are not only open to children of Chinese citizens, but also to students from other countries. It is expected that this will help Chinese children adapt more easily to the new environment and enable them to continue their education when they return to China, but it will also promote international exchange and improve the quality of education at different stages of education.

China, school education, "going outside", international schools