Influence Factors on China's Export Competitiveness of International Education Service Trade

Abstract

Both developed and developing countries have attached great importance to attracting international students in the era of regarding talents as the key driving force of economic development. The growing inequality of export competitiveness of international education service trade between developing countries and developed countries leads to the flow of students mainly from developing countries rather than to developing countries. Empirical analysis of the factors affecting the international competitive advantage of international student education industry was carried out using the “diamond modelâ€, through which it was found that the academic level and international recognition of higher education institutions, overseas tourism and the government’s educational expenditure had significant impact on the development of international student education industry in China. The key problem lies before the export of China education services in near future is how to convert the scale of international students to its national economic benefit.

Keywords: Export competitivenessï¼›International education service tradeï¼›Influence factor.