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NationalPostgraduateEntrance

Examination2020:The'stress

test'for3.41millionpeople

China'sNationalPostgraduateEntranceExamination(NPEE)for2020

endedonDecember22,usheringinamomentofreliefforcandidates

aftermonthsofstruggle.

Earlier,theministryofeducationannouncedthat3.41millionstudents

hadenteredtheexaminationthisyear,breakingthethreemillionmark

forthefirsttime.

ThenumberofpeopletakingpartintheNPEEhasbeenontherisein

recentyears.Accordingtothereport,thenumberofpeoplewhotook

partintheNPEEsurgedby520,000lastyearcomparedwiththeyear

before,andthisyearsawanother510,000morethan2018.

However,inthepastfiveyears,thenumberofapplicantsfortheNPEE

hasincreasedmuchfasterthanthenumberofenrollment.

Andthereasonthesepeoplepartakeintheexaminationisalsodifferent.

Candidatessay..

MengChenzhen,acivilengineeringgraduatefromaProject985

universityinBeijingwantedtogotoShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity(SJTU)

forfurtherstudies.HeleftschoolinearlyJulyandwentstraightto

Shanghai,whereherentedanapartmentnearSJTUsixmonthsin

advance.

HuangYixin,aseniorstudentatSJTU,isstillstudyingathisuniversity.He

likeshismajorofControlTechnologyandInstruments.Hefeelsthathis

undergraduatecoursesarenotenough,sohehastocontinuewith

postgraduatestudies.

GongYehan,aseniorattheSchoolofStatisticsandManagementat

ShanghaiUniversityofFinanceandEconomics(SUGE)appliedforthe

DepartmentofStatisticsattheCentralUniversityofFinanceand

EconomicsinBeijingbecauseshewantedtogotothecapital.

LiuDaqing,whohasappliedfortheDepartmentofElectronic

EngineeringatXiamenUniversity,saidhetooktheentranceexammainly

tofindagoodjobandgainmoreinitiativeinthefuture.Henotedthat

socialcompetitionpressureistoobig,andtheundergraduategraduate

salaryisrisingslowlyrightnow.Also,somepositionsalsohaveexplicit

graduatequalifications.

Liuaddedthathedoesnothavetheconfidencetoobtainemployment

immediatelyaftergraduationfromhisdegreealone.

Inrecentyears,thepopularityoftheNPEEhasbeenincreasing,witha

varietyoffactorspromptingcandidatestoapplyfortheexam,according

tothe"NationalGraduateEnrollmentSurveyReportfortheYear2020,"

whichwasreleasedonDecember18.

OneofthemainmotivationsforchoosingtotaketheNPEEistoimprove

thecorecompetitivenessofemployment.Anothermainmotivationisto

enhancetheirknowledgestructureandculturallevel,asthereportsaid.

Andthethirdmotivationistotaketheexamtoobtainapostgraduate

degree.

Atpresent,thesteadydevelopmentofeconomyandstructural

transformationinChinahavebroughtforwardtheurgentdemandfor

high-levelpersonneltraining,andcandidateshaveincreasinglyhigher

requirementsforimprovingtheircompetitiveness.

Expertssay...

Anadvanceddegreecanbringadvantagesbutalsocomeatagreatcost

totime."Theroleofeducationbackgroundinrecruitmentisstillthere,"

saidChuZhaohui,aresearcherattheNationalInstituteofEducation

Sciences,hesaidtherearealsoproblemsbehindthecrazeforNPEE.

Althoughanadvanceddegreecanbringadvanta