The Changjiang Scholars program is a higher education

Higher education

Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...

 development program in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 provided by the Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

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 (中华人民共和国教育部) and Li Ka Shing Foundation

Li Ka Shing Foundation

The Li Ka Shing Foundation is a Hong Kong and Canada-based charitable organization founded in 1980 by Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist Li Ka Shing, with a mission to nurture "a culture of giving" in society...

(李嘉诚基金会). It was started in August 1998, and provides scholarship funding to allow well-known professors from China and other countries to work in China.

The number of Changjiang Scholars in a university's faculty is one of the indicators used in the Netbig (网大教育) Chinese university ranking.English version available in