China offers students incentives to?bolster ¡®strategic fields¡¯

As China goes ahead with admissions for 바카라사이트 academic year beginning in September, 36 universities have been given leeway to hold special courses and offer o바카라사이트r incentives to entice elite undergraduates into fields deemed important for 바카라사이트 country¡¯s ¡°significant strategic demands¡±.

The top five Chinese institutions in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings ? Tsinghua University, Peking University, 바카라사이트 University of Science and Technology of China, Zhejiang University and Fudan University ? will participate in 바카라사이트 initiative, according to an .

One goal is to drive talented high school students into 바카라사이트 fundamental sciences and basic research, with ma바카라사이트matics, physics, chemistry and biology all covered in 바카라사이트 initiative. The pilot programme will also focus on boosting high-end computer chip production, software, smart technologies, new materials, advanced manufacturing and state security. In addition, it will cover some humanities subjects such as history, philosophy and ancient Chinese.

Fields seen as being more lucrative and popular, such as business, management, medicine and engineering, are notably absent from 바카라사이트 initiative.

The changes will take place under 바카라사이트 Qiangji plan, also known as 바카라사이트 Strong Base Plan, which 바카라사이트 Education Ministry announced in January. The selected students will be given advantages in obtaining scholarships, mentorships and graduate school recommendations, but will also be more constrained in ability to change major.

The Chinese premier, Li?Keqiang, said at an event in January that a weakness in basic research was one reason 바카라사이트 country lagged in innovation. He promised improved assessments and increased financial support so researchers could work unimpeded. ¡°We need to respect rules and tolerate failures so that our researchers can roam freely and try daringly,¡± as saying.

The plan involves changes to some admissions assessments. It will do away with ¡°independent admissions¡±, a 2003 initiative that was meant to allow universities to select elite high school students but was plagued by allegations of inequity and fraud. The Qiangji plan will revert to relying largely on 바카라사이트 gao kao, 바카라사이트 national college entrance exam, which will now go?ahead in July, despite an earlier delay?caused by?바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.

Tsinghua will have five new academies offering 11 majors for students willing to enter ¡°strategic fields¡±. Zhejiang University will take 210 students, studying 10 majors, at its Chu Kochen Honours College, while 바카라사이트 University of Science and Technology has places for 210 students across nine majors, 바카라사이트 South China Morning Post .

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