Over 3.4m sit for postgraduate exam
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Updated: 2019-12-21 09:31
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A record number of more than 3.4 million Chinese are sitting for the 2020 national exam for postgraduate enrollment Saturday and Sunday, a 17.59% rise over last year.
The ministry has invited public oversight and tip-offs of exam-related wrongdoing including organized cheating and the peddling of so-called answers.
In accordance with the latest interpretation of applicable legal provisions, those acts will lead to criminal penalties, according to a statement by the ministry.
A total of 2.9 million Chinese students took the entrance exam for postgraduate studies last year, the highest number in the past 40 years, statistics from the ministry showed.
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