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China produces 240,000 PhDs in past 30 years

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-30 09:18

BEIJING -- Universities have conferred doctoral degrees on 240,000 people in China over the past 30 years, officials said here on Monday.

The Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council (cabinet) also told a conference that 1.87 million master's degrees have been awarded, as well as 14.15 million bachelor's degrees.

State Councilor Liu Yandong said the post-graduate students nurtured by China have become a leading force in different sectors.

She urged the improvement of the academic degree system to improve the country's base of human resources.