Too much importance on overseas study

ACADEMIC TALENTS should be evaluated by their capacity rather than whether they have an overseas diploma. Thepaper.cn comments:

Wang Jianyu, director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch and a National People's Congress deputy, said during the on-going two sessions that many domestic graduates and scholars face "diploma discrimination", since many Chinese universities and research institutes favor graduates from overseas universities.

Domestic academic institutions seek to attract overseas graduates and scholars by offering them preferential treatment, such as high professional and academic titles, abundant scientific research funding, competitive salaries and housing subsidies. Some research institutions even claim they only hire candidates that have studied and worked overseas.