The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the Implementation of China's Educational Policy in Inner Asia

Abstract

The article is devoted to a brief overview of the main trends in educational cooperation between Russia, China and Mongolia. The focus of the research is the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as a special cultural and educational space within which interaction in the field of higher education is implemented. Based on statistical data, it was revealed that students from Mongolia and the regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East represent the overwhelming majority in the proportion of foreign students in the region. The main "attraction factors" are scholarship programs at various levels — the Government of the People's Republic of China, the People's Government of Inner Mongolia and universities. A significant incentive is the allocation of special quotas for applicants from Mongolia, as well as partner universities from Russia. The universities of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region over the past 15 years have become one of the key centers for attracting foreign students from Mongolia and the Russian regions of Inner Asia. The Chinese leadership considers Inner Mongolia as an important region for the implementation of domestic national policy. In recent years, this region has played an important role in building relations with Mongolia and Russia in the context of China's global initiatives and humanitarian cooperation in general. Quite possibly that in the future Inner Mongolia will fulfill strategic tasks both from the point of view of domestic policy and from the implementation of the PR China's foreign policy. Acknowledgements: I would like to express deep gratitude to Prof. Luo Jianjin (罗见近教授) for his guidance, encouragement and gracious support throughout my scientific work in Li Di Institute of the Institute of History of Science and Technology of The Inner Mongolia Normal University (内蒙古师范大学科学技术史研究学院李迪书院).