The development objectives of the Chinese government have a guiding effect on the school-running characteristics of private colleges and universities. This paper explores the relationship between the characteristics of private colleges and universities and the development objectives of the provincial government, using Jiangsu Province as a case study. All the schools have the consciousness of fully considering the development objectives of Jiangsu Province when formulating the school-running characteristics. Their characteristics all contain some training methods, training courses, or institutional construction aiming at the development objectives. Most universities can support the government’s objectives on employment and innovation. Only a third of the schools provide government support for science research. Private colleges and universities should make full use of the free and flexible advantages of private education, combine them with the continuous changes of policies and markets, and create clear, scientific, and dynamic school-running characteristics, in order to achieve long-term development.
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