The Development Process of Alumni Work in Chinese Universities since Reform and Opening-up

Since the reform and opening-up, the alumni work as an important part of higher education has developed rapidly. The development process has gone through three stages:recovery and start-up, construction and improvement, and service and innovation. The core of alumni work has evolved from the fellowship with the resources of universities as the goal, through the value construction with the social reputation of universities as the goal, and evolved into service and value innovation aiming at social contribution. This development process is consistent with the social changes and higher education development logic, promoted by reform and opening-up. In the new era, the improvement of alumni work should not simply be limited to the hunting of resources and social credibility of university's own development, but should be based on the major needs of morality education, science and technology strategies, and local economic and social development.