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This study set out to examine the way DT is conceptualized in the 14th five-year development plans (2021-2025) of 56 top Chinese universities. Findings from the study show that Chinese universities have embarked on the DT journey with goals mostly similar to those pursued by their foreign counterparts but with distinctive Chinese characteristics in some dimensions. Compared with the findings of an earlier study on DT in their 13th five-year development plans (2016-2020), significant progress has been made both in terms of quantity and quality. More achievements have been reported and more goals have been set in the 14th plans. Nevertheless, the discourses of instrumentality and modernization continue to feature prominently in the 14th plans. A more balanced vision of DT is needed to give full play to its affordances for transforming individual universities as well as the entire higher education sector.  \nKeywords: digital transformation, higher education, institutional strategy, Chinese university, policy study  \nHighlights  \nWhat is already known about this topic:  \n• Digital transformation is a global trend in higher education.  \n• Digital transformation has been part of the long-term strategy of Chinese universities since the 1990s.  \n• The goals of Chinese universities’ digital transformation are somewhat similar to those pursued in other countries.  \nWhat this paper contributes:  \n• Achievements in digital transformation have been made by Chinese universities since 2020.  \n• Themes which are unique to the Chinese context may enrich the connotation and denotation of digital transformation.  \n• Digital transformation in Chinese higher education is getting closer to the transformation end of the digitization→digitalization→digital transformation continuum.  \nImplications for theory, practice and/or policy:  \n• A more balanced vision of digital transformation is needed to give full play to its affordances.  \n• Efforts should be made to facilitate deep and coordinated cultural and organizational changes.  \n• Digital transformation is a contextualized process, hence no one-size-fits-all model.  \nIntroduction  \nDigital transformation (DT) is a trend in the global higher education sector. It “is a natural and necessary process” for those higher education institutions (HEIs) which aspire to “to be leaders of change and be highly competitive in their domain” (Benavides et al. , 2020) . The future of higher education “will undoubtedly be digital” (Kopp et al. , 2019, p. 1448) . Therefore, many countries have developed national or macro-level DT strategies for higher education (Dung et al. , 2021; Marín et al. , 2022; OECD, 2021) and some even promote DT in their (higher) education laws, for example, China (Xiao, 2019) and Turkey (Bozkurt et al. , 2022) . Important as these attempts are, institutional or meso-level strategies are critical to successful DT of individual HEIs and eventually of the entire sector.  \nDT requires institutional adaptation, adjustment, and even reinvention (Abad-Segura et al. , 2020) because it is “deliberately challenging and disruptive of conventional practice”(ACT Government, 2016, p. 3) . How DT is conceptualized in institutional strategies determines its implementation, hence shaping the digital landscape of an institution. Given the critical role that institutional strategies play in this process, a study was conducted to investigate how DT was framed in the 13th five-year development plans (2016-2020) (hereafter the 13th plan) of 75 top Chinese universities (Xiao, 2019) . China has entered the 14th five-year development period (hereafter the 14th period) . Is there any change in the way DT is conceptualized in the 14th five-year development plans (hereafter the 14th plan) of these top Chinese ","cbCaij9VWSk0jL9r","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij9VWSk0jL9r","pdf",437266,16,"English","# Abstract\n# Highlights\n## What is already known about this topic\n## What this paper contributes\n## Implications for theory, practice and/or policy\n# Introduction\n# Dimensions of Digital Transformation in HEIs: a Literature Review","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study on digital transformation?\",\"answer\":\"To examine how digital transformation is conceptualized within the 14th five-year development plans (2021-2025) of 56 top Chinese universities.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the study findings compare with earlier work on the 13th five-year plans?\",\"answer\":\"The study reports significant progress from the 13th plans (2016-2020) to the 14th plans in both quantity and quality, with more achievements and more goals stated.\"},{\"question\":\"What challenge remains despite progress in the 14th plans?\",\"answer\":\"The discourse of instrumentality and modernization continues to be prominent, so the study argues for a more balanced vision to better realize DT’s transforming potential across universities and the higher education sector.\"}]","Digital transformation in top Chinese universities - An analysis of their 14th five-year development plans (2021-2025) - Study overview | PDF",1792076853]