Knowledge Production and Transmission of Higher Education Hubs in Emerging Asian Economies: A Preliminary Examination Using Hangzhou as an Example

In recent decades, some cities in emerging Asian economies have developed into international higher education hubs. This has been mainly facilitated by the rapid growth of their higher education and high-tech industries. This study analyzes the processes and outcomes of knowledge production and transmission in three types of higher education institutions and their interactions with the local socio-economic development in the case of Hangzhou, located in China’s Yangtze River Delta region. This paper aims to present an example of an emerging higher education hub at the city level that has been exposed to the impact of Internet thinking and indigenous traditions. This will offer an insight into the latest developments of city-level higher education hubs that are in the process of emerging in relatively developed and internationalized regions within emerging economies.