Abstract：With the deepening of the relationship between universities and society, social service of universities is becoming more and more important. The development of social service of universities could be divided into three stages: the preliminary stage of governmentled development, the accelerating stage of development driven by the "triple helix" model, and the advanced stage of development with extensive participation. The main feature of social service of universities in modern times is extensive participation, and it has great positive influences on the development of higher education and the whole society. Chinese universities have made some achievements in serving needs of social development, but presently there still exist obstacles, such as lack of longterm planning and targeted guidance in policies, uneven development among regions and fields, insufficient diversity and participation of participants, insufficient learning from international experience and a low level of international communication and cooperation. Therefore, in the future, China needs to make longterm planning, strengthen targeted guidance, promote balanced development of regions and fields, introduce multiple participants, improve the degree of participation, reasonably learn from international experience, and continuously push forward international communication and cooperation to promote comprehensive social service of Chinese universities.
李瑞琳，Hamish Coates. 我国大学社会服务职能发展：国际经验、现实问题与政策建议[J]. 高校教育管理, 2020, 14(4): 96-106.
LI Ruilin, COATES Hamish. Promoting social service of universities in Chinese context：international experience, practical issues and policy advices. Journal of Higher Education Management, 2020, 14(4): 96-106.
