澳大利亚教育、就业和劳资关系部副部长凯瑟琳·坎贝尔开幕式致辞

澳大利亚教育、就业和劳资关系部副部长凯瑟琳·坎贝尔开幕式致辞

澳大利亚教育、就业和劳动部副部长　凯瑟琳·坎贝尔

中华人民共和国教育部王立英副部长，

云南省副省长李江女士，

各位尊贵的来宾，女士们、先生们:

我非常高兴今天来这里跟大家见面!

首先，我要祝贺这个论坛的主办方，主办了这样一次论坛!这是一次非常好、非常及时的活动。它是由中华人民共和国的教育部以及云南省政府主办，是一次非常好的机会，可以促进教育方面的合作。

东亚峰会所代表的区域人口占到全球总人口的50%，也是全球经济最具活力的一个区域，而且在这方面有着丰富的经验和巨大的优势。在中国主办这一论坛、在此讨论教育合作问题，我觉得是非常合适的。论坛在昆明举办也非常合适——昆明是中国西南部的教育重要城市，拥有12所高校和300多个科研机构。

中国从历史上就一直大量地派送学生到世界各国留学深造，这表明中国的教育取得了巨大的成功，中国的教育交流活动也非常成功，中国的教育充满了活力，而且能够不断地去适应社会发展新出现的需求。我们要使教育具有这样的响应能力，通过合作和交流加强这方面的能力，更好地促进我们的这个区域的发展，使我们能够从容应对未来发展出现的各种挑战。

在过去的10年当中，我们发现全球教育、研究活动正在不断地把重心向东亚地区转移。1999年世界最大的高等教育区域——西欧和北美拥有2600万受高等教育的学生，而当时的东亚地区只有50万受高等教育的学生。但是到2007年东亚地区由于高等教育学生人数迅猛增加至6400万而跃居成为世界最大的高等教育区域，相比之下西欧和北美的高等教育学生人数仅增至3000万人。

同样的，东亚区域在学术研究方面也正在扮演着越来越重要的角色。在此我给大家举个例子，近年来大多数发达国家在学术期刊上发表论文的增长率每年约为2%，而中国却以16.5%的速度增长，韩国的增长率是14.1%，新加坡的增长率是10.5%。

日益增长的教育资源供给、研究与创新产出都是为社会带来极大效用的公共物品。教育与创新对国家及区域的发展至关重要。教育可以改善人力资源，推动技术进步，提升管理技术。以澳大利亚为例，教育的增长是最高的，尤其是高等教育的增长，约占澳大利亚总增长的44%。高等教育的发展为我们所带来的益处，不仅涉及企业，而且对于本国的医疗卫生等方面也是有益的。而教育的合作与交流不仅为那些直接参与交流与合作的学生和院校带来好处，它还会促进相关教育体制的改善。教育交流可以改进教育输出国和输入国的教育质量、管理规则以及学历互认。

我们在学术、知识界进行交流，可以增强人与人之间的联系的纽带，能够增加大家对于各国文化的相互理解，这对于全球化是非常重要的。我们可以不断地进行高等教育方面的国际交流。我看到在座的各位，很多人是从很远的地方来的，包括我也是从澳大利亚来的，非常高兴能够参与这个论坛，进行相关问题的讨论与分享。

在此，我预祝本次论坛取得丰硕的成果，谢谢各位!

附件:凯瑟琳·坎贝尔副部长致词英文稿

East Asia Summit Higher Education Cooperation Forum

Cooperation and Decelopment of Higher Education Under

the East Asia Summit(10+6)Framework Opening Remarks

Ms Kathryn Campbell

MsWang Liying，Vice-Minister of Education，People's Republic of China，

Ms Li Jiang，Vice Governor of Yunnan Province，

Mr He Tianchuan，Yunnan University，

delegates and observers，ladies and gentlemen.

It givesme great pleasure to have the opportunity to welcome you here today.(www.xing528.com)

I would like to congratulate the organisers on hosting the East Asia Summit Higher Education Cooperation Forum.

This Forumis an excellentand timely initiative on the partofChina'sMinistry of Education and the Department of Education of Yunnan Province.

The East Asia Summit，or EAS，is a fantastic forumfor education cooperation.The EAS grouping is home to almost50 per cent of the world's population and containsmany dynamic and robust economies with complementary areas of strength and expertise.

It is fitting that these discussions take place in China——an emerging education powerhouse——and moreover，in Kunming，the major centre for education in China's south-westand home to 12 universities and colleges and over 300 scientific research institutions.

China is an excellent example of howcountries that have a history of sending students offshore for education can transformthemselves into major destinations for international students in their own right.This demonstrates not only the success of education exchange in building capacity，but also that education is highly dynamic and responsive to emerging needs and developments.

Fostering that flexibility and responsiveness through exchange and cooperation will enhance the economic and social development of our region and our ability to meet unforseen challenges.

During the last decade，the balance of global educational and research activity hasmoved steadily to the Asia Pacific region.

* In 1999，the world's largest tertiary student population base was 26 million in Western Europe and North America，compared to 21 and a halfmillion in Asia and the Pacific.

* By 2007 the balance had shifted and grown，with Asia and the Pacific now home to the largest student population base with 64 million students，outstrippingWestern Europe and North America's 30 million.^[1]

Likewise，Asia is playing an ever greater role in academic research with，to give one example，a large increase in the number of science papers appearing in peer-reviewed academic journals.

While the number of papers by developed countries increased by on average 2%annually over the same period，in the 12 year period to 2007 the number of published science papers increased by 16.5 per cent fromChina，by 14.1 per cent fromKorea and by 10.5 per cent fromSingapore.

Increased education offerings，and increases in research and innovation output，are public goods of clear，far reaching and enduring benefit.

* Education and innovation are crucial to national and regional development.

* Education improves human capital，drives technological improvements and enables the effective combination of growth factors by enhancing management skills.

* As an example frommy country，it has been shown that up to 44 per cent of overall growth in Australia——an economy with a large services sector——may be education derived.

International education exchange brings benefits not only for those students and institutions directly involved，but to the host and home education systems as well.Education exchange can drive improved regulation，qualifications recognition and quality of provision in both recipient and providing countries.

Education exchange transfers skills and technologies and promotes trade and investment.Academic connections，intellectual connections are a bridgehead for people to people links and improving cultural and personal understanding.

This Forumwill add to the ongoing dialogue of international cooperation in higher education.I see many delegates who have travelled a long way to be with us.I thank you for your commitment to the objectives of this Forumand I look forward to exchanging ideas and experiences with you all over the next two days.

I wish you a successful and productive Forum.

Thank you.

【注释】

[1]Source:UNESCO Institute for Statistics.‘Asia and the Pacific'includes UNESCO categories East Asia and the Pacific and South and West Asia.