This Day, That Year
The Master of Business Administration program was introduced in China in 1991 with only nine colleges offering MBA courses.
The item from July 12, 1999, in China Daily showed MBA students attending their graduation ceremony at Renmin University of China in Beijing.
At that time, the country only had 9,000 MBA gradu-
ates, whereas the United States trained 70,000 students annually.
Now, there are more than 200 schools offering MBA degrees across China. By the end of 2015, China had 258,000 MBA graduates, according to the Ministry of Education.
In 2002, executive MBA programs were introduced by institutions such as Fudan
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University in Shanghai and Peking University in Beijing.
Currently, 64 Chinese universities are authorized by the ministry to offer Executive MBA programs.
EMBA courses have come under tighter regulations since 2016 when the China National MBA Education Supervisory Committee announced all Chinese EMBA applicants are required to take the national postgraduate entrance examination.
Universities offering such programs have the power of autonomous recruitment.
Tuition fees for all MBA programs will be collected in strict accordance with regulations, according to the new rules.
It is not the first time that the government has tighten- ed EMBA regulations.
In 2014, the central government banned officials and executives of State-owned enterprises from pursuing expensive EMBA courses.
However, its convenience and easy availibility poses a severe threat to our planet.虽然塑料制品给我们带来极大方便，它却给人类生存的地球造成巨大危害。
About 300 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year. About half this amount is discarded after just a single use, like carrying the shopping home.每年，全球生产约三亿吨塑料，其中一半用于一次性塑料制品的制造，例如购物袋。
Only about 9 percent of the total amount is recycled.全世界所产生的所有塑料制品中，仅有百分之九被回收利用。
It takes hundreds of years for plastic to break down in the natural environment.在自然环境中，塑料的分解需要数百年。
About 8 million metric tons of plastic waste is dumped into our oceans every year.每年，约有八百万吨的白色垃圾被倾倒进海洋。
By 2050, there will be more plastic, much of it invisible to the naked eyes, than fish in our oceans.预计到2050年，海洋中塑料垃圾的数量会超过鱼类,而这些垃圾很多肉眼并不可见。
In the oceans it ends up in the food chain and releases toxins that contaminate the fish we eat.海洋中的白色垃圾分解后会进入食物链，其释放的有毒物质污染人类食用的鱼等海产品。
Countries are beginning to tackle the increasing threat from plastic pollution.许多国家都在采取措施来应对日益加剧的塑料污染问题。 First, carry reusable bags instead of relying on plastic ones.一、用环保袋来替代塑料袋。
Second, cook more at home. Cooking at home means fewer takeout containers.二、尽量在家做饭，这样可以减少外卖餐盒和打包袋的使用。 Third, carry a reusable cup or bottle in your bag. Every year nearly 20 billion plastic bottles are discarded.三、包中常备水杯。每年全世界有近200亿个塑料瓶被扔进垃圾堆。
Fourth, purchase items secondhand. New products come with all kinds of plastic packaging.四、购买二手产品。这样可以有效避免购买全新商品带来的各种各样的塑料包装。
Fifth, buy in bulk. Consider the product-to-packaging ratio of your purchase, and select the bigger container instead of buying several smaller ones.五、买东西的时候选择份量大，而不是散装商品，这样可以有效地减少单个商品的塑料包装使用量。