Number of postgrads rises in last decade

China has not only educated more postgraduate students in the past decade, but has also improved the quality of teaching and research programs, training more capable graduates to better serve national development needs.

According to the Ministry of Education, more than 600,000 doctoral graduates and 6.5 million master graduates have been educated in the past decade,

More majors required to boost national economic and social development have also been created, including cyberspace security, integrated circuit science and engineering, and Chinese medicine, said Hong Dayong, director of the ministry's Department of Degree Management and Postgraduate Education, during an online news conference on Tuesday in Beijing.

More doctoral programs in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine are now available, with the number increasing from 1,944 in 2012 to 2,575 today.

Some disciplines associated with philosophy and social sciences that have important cultural value, such as the study of oracle bones, have been promoted.

Postgraduate programs tailored to national strategic needs, such as public health, research of the history of the Communist Party of China, and quantum science and technology have also been established.