Private education can build on strong foundations

ON SUNDAY, Westlake University, China's first private university aimed at cultivating high-level talent in advanced technology, was founded in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province. Beijing News comments:

According to various sources, Westlake University follows a new mode in which a private foundation supports it, which will not only enhance the sector of private university as a whole, but also in turn propel education reform forward.

The foundation's council not only nominates members of the university's board, but also raises funds from the society to support the university. That is to say that it is the foundation that directly runs the university.