Generative AI And The Transformation Of Higher Education In China Paradigm Shifts, Governance Challenges, and Future Pathways

Generative AI and the Transformation of Higher Education in China examines how generative artificial intelligence is reshaping the foundations, structures, and future trajectory of Chinese higher education. Rather than treating AI as a mere instructional tool, this book argues that generative AI is triggering a systemic transformation in knowledge production, curriculum design, teaching models, faculty roles, student evaluation, university governance, academic integrity, and ethical regulation. It reveals how AI-driven education may expand learning opportunities, enhance personalized support, and improve institutional decision-making, while also generating profound risks such as algorithmic bias, cognitive dependency, academic misconduct, data insecurity, platform control, and the erosion of university autonomy. Grounded in China's large-scale higher education system, policy capacity, digital infrastructure, and distinctive reform context, the book proposes a human-centered, ethically governed, and institutionally coordinated pathway for intelligent transformation.