Prof. Yitai Ma’s (Director: Thermal Energy Research Institute, Tianjin University, China) presentation at the SATN Annual Conference 2009. Theme: “Technological innovation at Universities in South Africa: towards industrial and socio-economic development” 16 - 17 July 2009 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Bellville Campus.

1. Ma Yitai Thermal Energy Research Institute Tianjin University, Tianjin China 300072 [email_address] The Importance of technological and industrial innovation to Universities in China

3. The history of higher education in China

5. The laboratory of the first university in China –Peiyang University about 1900

6. Review of China’ Higher Education Unit: 10 thousand Figure 1: Enrollment of China’s Higher Education

11. The new development

23. Thank you for your attention