The following Chinese universities and their representative were involved in the study. Each subject area had a coordinating university and academic leader.
Comparative Education
| Coordinating institution | Institute | Coordinator / Academic leader |
| Beijing Normal University | Institute of International and Comparative Education | Liu Baocun |
| Particicipating institutions | Institute | Representative(s) |
|
Beijing Normal University |
Institute of International and Comparative Education | Liu Baocun |
| Institute of International and Comparative Education | Wang Yingjie | |
| Institute of International and Comparative Education | Gu Xianlin | |
| Institute of International and Comparative Education | Gao Yimin | |
| Institute of International and Comparative Education | Li Jiayong | |
| Institute of International and Comparative Education | Liu Qiang | |
| Institute of International and Comparative Education | Teng Jun | |
| Institute of Educational Management | Yu Kai | |
| Institute of Teachers Education | Zhu Xudong | |
| Institute of Higher Education | Hong Chengwen | |
| Institute of Preschool Education | Huo Liyan | |
| Peking University | Graduate School of Education | Shi Xiaoguang |
| Tsinghua University | Institute of Education | Wang Xiaoyang |
| University of China | School of Education, Minzu | Chang Yongcai |
| University of China | School of Education, Renmin | Zhang Donghui |
| Beijing University of Technology | Institute of Higher Education | Wang Zhanrui |
Civil Engineering
| Coordinating institution | Institute | Coordinator / Academic leader |
| Tongji University | Huang Hongwei |
| Particicipating institutions | Institute | Representative(s) |
|
Tongji University |
Huang Hongwei | |
| Zhao Cheng | ||
| Feng Peng | ||
| Chen Jian | ||
| Zhu Lihua | ||
| Ren Rui | ||
| Wang Wan | ||
| Shen Jiajun | ||
| Zhang Xiangrong | ||
| Su Xiaojuan | ||
| Ye Weimin | ||
| Chongqing University | Li Zhengliang | |
| Harbin Institute of Technology | Lu Dagang | |
| Tsinghua University | Ma Zhiliang | |
| Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology | Shi Qingxuan |
Business Administration
| Coordinating institution | Institute | Coordinator / Academic leader |
| Xi’an Jiaotong University | Wei SUN (Coordinator) | |
| Youmin XI (Academic leader) |
| Particicipating institutions | Institute | Representative(s) |
| Xi’an Jiaotong University | Youmin XI | |
| Research Institute of Higher Education | Wei SUN | |
| Yingluo WANG (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering) | ||
| Huaizu LI | ||
| Fubin SUN | ||
| Xinhong WANG | ||
| Xiaotao YAO | ||
| Qin SU | ||
| Research Institute of Higher Education | Gengshu LU | |
| Cong ZHANG | ||
| Tianjin University | Wei ZHANG | |
| Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | Xuhui WANG | |
| Sun Yat-sen University | Yongli WANG | |
| Xin YU | ||
| Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University | Sarah Dixon |