In resent twenty years, the important of research in comparative education has been generally recognized by highly developed countries in Europe and America. The decision on modern educational policies, in addition to basing on a country's special circumstances, about also take other countries' systems and experiences as references. The proverb, a stone from another mountain could be used to polish the gem means just this. For this reason, the research results in comparative education should be transformed into the tools of other countries' reform. In other words, an understanding of the reform tendencies of other countries' educational system can provide one's own country with references for an educational innovation. Today important educational reforms, usually take comparison and analysis of educational issues as the main basis for innovation or decision making.

At present, the comparative education research in the Republic of China still needs to push further. In view of the internal and external situation, the entire nation, in order ot adhere to Chiang Kai--shek's teaching on self-reliance era of resurgence by re-creating, re-strengthening, re-progressing and re-innovating. Therefor, on October 8, 1973, Prof. Pang-chen Sun and other educators took initiatives in organizing the Chinese Comparative Education Society(CCES) and undertook comparative research in other nations' education as a way to promote international understanding. They cooperated with the International Education Society, gathered comparative education experts to engage in group research and offered our government their research results for references in educational innovation and education planning. ?