Ownerships often play the main roles in the decision making process on mainland China. Local government officialdom also sets the rules. Managers usually are only puppets. That's what I suggested firstly but sorry if it wasn't obvious then.

Now, for the reasons the original poster hasn't followed up but written in a questional tone/grammar, the assumption that this is a witch hunt for foreign management practices/western educational values should be considered. The best Chinese teachers' values aren't exactly the same as the foreign academics ones.