Society

80% believe academic threshold exists

By Chen Ziyan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-07-20 15:25

According to an online survey conducted by China Youth Daily Social Survey Center, 80.1 percent of the 1,718 participating netizens believe that an academic threshold definitely exists in our modern society, China Youth Daily reported Tuesday.

The survey showed that the top three fields that most care about academic credentials are job recruitment, professional title evaluation and promotion, with 86.0 percent, 81.7 percent and 77 percent.

The survey also found that 72.7 percent of Chinese agreed that highly educated people received social respect; and 81.6 percent admitted they themselves attach great importance to educational background, only 2.8 percent disagreed.

As for the reason well-educated people received more respect, experts attributed this to a "love affair with academics," which is commonly found in Chinese. For most of them, well-educated means better opportunity.