ABSTRACT
China closely tracked new developments and launched the industry 4.0 “Made in China 2025” in May 2015. The plan focuses on upgrading the manufacturing sector to boost innovation, to speed up the integration of information technology and to enhance service-oriented economy. A new paradigm of learning new skills, training regimes and knowledge-based curriculum in higher education was promoted to develop the human capital for 4.0. China's huge university system is able to keep learning in progress without the physical school operations due to online education. The massive online open course (MOOC) launched 8,000 courses for colleges and universities nationwide to provide corresponding teaching services and study data. In May 2016, “Hundred Universities Project” was initiated with the goal to select 100 universities across the country and build big data analytics. STEM education and human capital have emerged as the most important factor in the success of Industry 4.0 technologies. STEM education service institutions have emerged such as the Shanghai STEM Cloud Center, Firewood Space, Shark Park and Yule Bay, among others. Action strategy for “Six Excellences and One Top 2.0” is the “Quality Revolution” in the cultivation of talents in China's higher education. Four new disciplines such as engineering, medicine, agriculture and humanities and social sciences are an integral part of this strategy. The university–industry collaboration system under the background of Industry 4.0 is a multilevel, multi-field, coordinated and complementary innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
