建设高等教育强国有两个主要方面:一是建设若干所世界一流大学和一批高水平大学;二是建设若干高等教育强省。江苏省作为在全国经济与社会发展领先的省份,应该率先在全国建设成为高等教育强省。为此,新世纪的江苏省高等教育改革和发展的重点应该是调结构、强内涵、保质量、上水平。
To realize the transformation from large country to a power of higher education is the primary objective of development of China's higher education in the early 21 st century. There are two main aspects of building a power of higher education as follow : to build several world-class universities and high level universities and build several strong provinces of higher education. As a leading province in national economy and social development, Jiangsu province should take the lead in becoming a strong province of higher education. Therefore, the focus of reform and development of higher education of Jiangsu province should be adjusting structure, strengthening connotation, guaranteeing quality, and promoting standards in the 21 st century.