China proposes to tighten admission standards for int'l students
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International students take a photo at the graduation ceremony of Nanjing Medical University on June 30, 2019. Photo: CFP
A proposal to tighten admission standards for international students in China has gained support among Chinese netizens. However, experts noted that China is making certain strategic adjustments in the enrollment of international students.
The proposal was made by Gao Yanming,
Chairman of Hebei Ocean Shipping Company in Hebei Province and also a
member of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Gao proposed that
1. all
international students should meet the required credits for admission
with the exception of those funded by foreign governments, who can have
lower admission scores.
2. Chinese universities should not blindly pursue a
quota of enrolled students while ignoring the quality of students,
compromising the reputation of national academia and breaching education
rights.
3. He also highlighted the need to standardize and optimize the scholarship policy for international students in China.
The
hashtag, "proposal for raising the admission standards for international
students in China," has gained 140 million views on China's
Twitter-like Sina Weibo as of Sunday. Many Chinese netizens shared their
support to the proposal saying that "international students and
domestic students should be treated equally."
"International
students could live in their own private space while we squeeze in the
student dormitory where we have to share a room with six to eight
students," one college student complained on Weibo.
Sophia Ning, a
professional in the international education industry based in Beijing,
told the Global Times on Sunday that she was in favor of the proposal
because some Chinese parents spend large sums of money overseas to help
their children get foreign citizenship, so that they can go to top
universities in China by taking advantage of the policy loopholes.
Zhou
Xin, an employee working at an immigration services company, told the
Global Times that some of her clients invest in getting a green card in
Europe so that their children can go to China's top universities with a
score of only 300 to 400 points in the Gaokao, the college entrance
examination in China, as international students.
However, some
Chinese experts said the proposal is not "professional" as Chinese
universities are making certain strategic adjustments in enrolling
international students.
Li Jinliang, director of the
International Cooperation and Exchange Office at Tsinghua University,
told the Global Times that some universities, including Tsinghua
University, have changed their admissions requirements, from paper-based
exams to the submission of a personal statement online since 2016. The
reform has improved the quality of international students.
"Now
China has certain advantage and competitiveness in enrolling
international students, including some attractive scholarships, but it
is still in an earlier stage compared with some developed countries,"
said Li.
According to data from the Ministry of Education of
China, a total of 492,185 foreign students, from 196 countries and
regions, attended 1,004 higher education institutions in the Chinese
mainland in 2018, an increase of 3,013 students over 2017.
Some
observers told the Global Times that the number will show an increasing
trend in the following years when the COVID-19 global pandemic is
getting over.
Source: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202103/1217634.shtml,By Chen Xi
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