Jiangsu Higher Education is an academic journal of higher education supervised by Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education and organised by Jiangsu Education Newspaper General Association. Since its foundation in January 1985, the journal has developed from a quarterly to a monthly publication, which is openly circulated both at home and abroad. The journal focuses on the theoretical and practical research of higher education and has several columns, such as ‘Theory Discussion’ and ‘Management of Higher Education’, aiming to provide decision-making reference and practical guidance for the reform and development of higher education. The journal adheres to the strategy of excellence, accurately reflects the new trends in the field of higher education, promotes theoretical research and discipline development, is widely praised by educators and university teachers, and has been listed as a must-read publication by many colleges and universities across the country. Its circulation is among the highest in the country, and it has won the honours of ‘National Chinese Core Journals’, ‘Chinese Core Journals of Humanities and Social Sciences’, ‘CSSCI Source Journals’ and so on. It has won a number of honours and become one of the few ‘three core’ journals in Jiangsu Province.