Other Reports

1.      The first training course of Female Teacher Training for Tomorrow is brought to a completion. (January of 2000)

2.      Shoulder responsibilities for pressing ahead with the quality education (February of 2000)

3.      The second group of professors specially engaged by Yangtze River Scholar Award Plan take up their duties. (March of 2000)

4.      Forum on How Steel is Made (March of 2000)

5.      The Ministry of Education circulates a notice on the collapse of a school’s dining hall in Xiaojin County of Sichuan Province and calls on all local authorities to pay attention to the renovation of dilapidated houses in primary and middle schools. (March of 2000)

6.      Competent officials from the Ministry of Education answer correspondents’ questions concerning the 5^th National Appraisal and Commendation of Self-made Teaching Instruments. (March of 2000)

7.      National Annual Conference of Vocational Education and Adult Education (April of 2000)

8.      The release of results of 2000 National Appraisal of Excellent Doctoral Thesis (April of 2000)

9.      The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China shows supports for the construction of colleges and universities. (April of 2000)

10. The 1^st National Exhibition of Teaching Apparatus for Vocational Education and Application of Internet Multimedia Technologies (July of 2000)

11. 3.88 million students take the National College Entrance Examination in China. (July of 2000)

12. Forum on the publication of Youth’s Science Education Series takes place. (July of 2000)

13. Competent officials from the Ministry of Education comment on tightening disciplines in examinations. (July of 2000)

14. Admission notices issued by common colleges and universities need not be stamped by provincial-level admission offices. (July of 2000)

15. The examination and appraisal by experts of overseas study funded by State Overseas Study Fund 2000 is put to a conclusion. (August of 2000)

16. Revised syllabus and learning materials will be applied in primary and middle schools from this autumn. (September of 2000) 

17. Poem Reciting and Singing Festival of the 3^rd Week of Popularization of Mandarin (September of 2000)

18. A tightened administration over higher education self-taught examination program is put into effect and on-line query of information concerning graduation certificates will be put into place. (September of 2000)

19. The 5^th National Appraisal and Commendation of Self-made Teaching Instruments (September of 2000)

20. The finals exhibition as well as awarding ceremony of Yangtze River Little Scientists (September of 2000)

21. The results of the 4^th National Appraisal of 10 Excellent Young and Middle-aged Teachers of Primary and Middle Schools are made public. (September of 2000)

22. More than half of colleges and universities in China put into application the on-line enrollment, with over 50% of new admittees accepted into more than half of the currently offered programs.

23. The National Exhibition of Excellent Computer-produced/designed Works by Primary and Middle School Students and Education Software (October of 2000)

24. Some 6.9 million examinees register the autumn term of the higher education self-taught examination program (October of 2000)

25. Six colleges and universities in Shanghai offer cross-college associated programs (October of 2000)

26. The National Summary Conference of Research on Means of Largely Improving the Teaching Quality of Foreign Languages in Primary and Middle Schools – Key Educational Project in the Ninth Five-Year Plan and the 4^th National Symposium on Zhang Sizhong Teaching Methods (November of 2000)

27. The Training Course of China’s Socioeconomic Development and Education Reform in the 21^st Century offered by the Ministry of Education is brought to a completion. (December of 2000)

28. An entertainment evening attended by foreign students studying in Beijing to embrace the arrival of a new century is held. (December of 2000)