Ban professors dating students

ON THURSDAY NIGHT, Beihang University in Beijing dismissed one of its professors, after investigating claims by four female graduates that he sexually harassed them when they were in college. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

According to the university, Chen Xiaowu not only lost his professorship but his teaching qualifications as well. He was also removed from his position as deputy head of the university’s undergraduate school.

On the university’s official micro blog account, there have already been more than 16,000 likes and 4,000 comments, the vast majority of which support the university’s actions.

However, some have also asked why the university made the scandal public.

It is surprising such a question still exists in 2018. Living in the age of the internet, no one should dream of hiding the truth of such a scandal forever. If any part is hidden, there will always be accusations of trying to bend the law for power.

Beihang University acted quickly in response to the allegations and has been very brave in (sānnián zhìliàng tíshēng xíngdòng)

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said at a recent national quality supervision work conference that it is launching a three-year action plan for quality enhancement from 2018 to 2020. making the whole thing public. The next step, as its announcement mentioned, is to further improve the university regulations so as to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

For example, in many top global universities, there are strict rules prohibiting a professor from dating a student, because the former has power over the latter and any relationship is fundamentally unequal. In domestic universities such things are not encouraged, but most universities have not introduced a strict ban. That’s partly why Chen had the chance to sexually harass these students.

Maybe Beihang University and other institutions of higher education could learn from the example from their foreign counterparts and introduce such bans. Only with proper and strict regulations can such scandals be prevented in the future.

Three-year action plan for quality enhancement

The action plan intends to remarkably increase the quality of products, construction and services, steadily improve the quality of industrial development, upgrade the level of regional quality and fully enhance the efficiency of national quality infrastructure construction.

The action plan for quality improvement will mainly focus on increasing the supply of quality agricultural products, food and drugs, and promoting the upgrading of consumer goods. It also aims to improve the competitiveness of equipment manufacturing and the quality of construction projects, promote improved quality and efficiency in the service sector, and promote social governance and higher quality public services, as well as accelerate the optimization and upgrading of foreign trade.

According to Zhi Shuping, director of the Quality Supervision Administration, the three-year action plan aims to help make China a strong power in product and services by 2035.

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