The apparel higher education in China: Reform and development

China's apparel higher education has experienced significant transformations to accommodate the development of society and economy. One purpose of this paper is to review the current changes in apparel higher education through reform and reconstruction during the past two decades in a historical perspective. Another purpose is to identify the new challenges and problems met in terms of globalization, mass higher education, and higher technological revolution. Through analysis, the paper concludes that to produce graduates capable of participating and competing in the emerging global society, China apparel higher education should conduct complicated reform and reconstruction, including further international cooperation and exchanges, further computer application in curriculum, strengthening merchandising, marketing and global resourcing education, curricula updating and diversification, and seamless Linkage of knowledge of different major and specialization.