doi:10.3850/978-981-08-7156-7_P030


Play the Roles of Science & Technology Organizations in Improving the Development and Innovation of Continuing Education Programs


Jinnan Chen1,a, Xuefen Zhu2, Jin Xu1, Xuantao Fan2 and Shannon X. Chen3

1Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.

ajnchen@bit.edu.cn

2China Association of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

3International American University, California, USA

ABSTRACT

In the recent years, to satisfy the economic-social developmental needs focusing on the nation’s central tasks, China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) integrated continuing education systems with the state overall planning. The continuing education were designed to satisfy members’ needs, delivered in multi-formats through multi-channels at multi-levels, and tightly linked with economic and social market development, thus to play roles in improving Chinese science and technology communities’ professional quality and making great contributions to human talent development, HR construction, and R&D innovation. This article presents the successful practices/experiences of CAST, as an organization, in establishing continuing education systems.

Keywords: Science and technology organizations (STOs), Continuing education, Practices.



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