“Universities should not isolate themselves with invisible walls. They should integrate with society... And I hope that our graduates better integrate with society without walls around their hearts.”
Wang Shuguo, president of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Province, commenting to news portal The Paper about the school’s new, unwalled campus
“If the government had not resumed the gaokao (the national college exam) in 1977, I would have remained a worker at a local textile mill in Xianyang (Shaanxi Province) and retired a nobody.”
Director Zhang Yimou on how the gaokao had the biggest impact on his life during a recent interview with Global Times about China’s achievements over the past seven decades
“They are evolving from open, future-oriented companies that benefit the masses into companies that rely too much on privilege and monopolies. They have gradually become the kind of company they opposed and were determined to fight against when they first started.”
Zhong Wei, director of the financial research center at Beijing Normal University and a supervisor at the Shanghai Financial Institute, warning on financial portal Caixin that data monopolies are luring internet giants farther away from their original aspirations
“When your classmates earn 5,000 yuan (US$707) a month while you only earn half that, you’ve wasted half of your life... Everybody has the same 24 hours a day, why do some people make full use of it and make themselves more financially free?”
Yu Minhong, founder of New Oriental Education & Technology Group, at the 2019 Stars of Self-Improvement University Students, an awards event hosted by the Communist Youth League of China and the All-China Students Federation. The remark sparked widespread criticism on social media
“There is a lot of room for the government to respond to the economic slowdown, especially financial and monetary policy... but we won’t rush to implement big interest cuts and quantitative easing polices as other central banks have done.”
Yi Gang, president of the People’s Bank of China, at a recent press conference
“China takes the lead in figures, but its capacity for innovation hasn’t ranked in the top 10 since 2008... Few other countries see such a contradiction.”
Shi Yigong, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of Westlake University, China’s first private research-oriented university, at a forum for the 11th China Healthcare Summit of Entrepreneurs, Scientists and Investors held in Beijing from October 8-10
“Public issues cannot be resolved by the government or NGOs alone within the existing system. We have to find an innovative way that combines government guidance with the competitive growth of NGOs.”
Chen Yijun, a post-doc at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School and researcher at Shenzhen-based Qianhai Financial Holding Ltd, writing for Caixin
“What we see in the group of Huawei suppliers is that Chinese, American and Cayman Islands companies are trying every means to avoid the impact of the [Sino-US] trade war. It tells us never to underestimate the determination and wisdom of the world’s capitalists to unite to make money.”
He Fan, a professor at the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, at a recent forum on globalization and the Chinese economy held in Shanghai
“How many professionals would be attracted to a low-wage and low-status job? I don’t think a profession could achieve sustainable and positive development merely through the spirit of sacrifice, since there are not many people working purely out of passion.”
Lan Qian, a rural education expert, writing for the Narada Insights blog run by the Narada Foundation
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