CHINA DAILY FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012 china 9 Professor Good Samaritans who forged diploma to get assistance dismissed By ZHAO YINAN and LUO WANGSHU Xiamen University has dis- for acts of heroism missed a professor who forged her PhD diploma. By HE DAN aff airs and health will carry out ment with his wife, surviving Xiamen University in East [email protected] the new regulations. on a monthly income of 1,000 China’s Fujian province con- Sun Shaochi, vice-minister yuan. firmed to the Xiamen Daily Families of people hurt or of civil aff airs, said on Th urs- William Valentina, a profes- newspaper on Wednesday that killed performing acts of hero- day that the policies will help sor from the China Institute of Fu Jin, a professor at Medical ism will receive help with their relieve hardships for people Social Responsibility at Beijing College who claimed to have a medical costs, living expenses who perform brave acts Normal University, welcomed pharmacology PhD diploma and accommodation, as the and their families, as well as the move to reward people’s from Columbia University, government looks to build a encourage people to “do the selfl ess acts in helping others. forged her diploma. safety net for Good Samari- right thing”. He argued that the new Fu has acknowledged that her tans. A news website in Zhejiang regulations will help to reduce degree was fake, the report said. Experts say the measures, province in 2010 looked at 451 the bystander effect when Th e university said it has dis- announced Thursday by the people who performed brave people see others in need of missed the professor and will State Council, will help battle acts, and found that 93 of them help but “they don’t want to get off er a deep apology to students, the “bystander effect” and lost their lives and 180 were involved, thinking that others faculty members and the public. encourage more people to injured when helping others. It will take care of it”. Fang Zhouzi, a famous fraud assist others in times of need. also showed that 80 percent of He said China can be called fi ghter, accused Fu of defraud- According to the new those polled live in economic a harmonious society when ing her degree in a post on his regulations, human resource diffi culty. every citizen takes individual Sina micro blog. departments will need to pri- Li Junqing, a 57-year-old social responsibility. Fang wrote that he began oritize giving employment resident in Lishui, Zhejiang However, he stressed that investigating her education opportunities to people who province, was among them, the government should care- background after he received have been rewarded by author- Today Morning Express fully check each case to prevent information from an unnamed ities for their heroism. reported. people doing good deeds only source who claimed to have In addition, for those who Li lost vision in his left eye for the benefi ts. worked at Columbia University. lost their lives helping others, and had ribs broken by a street Ge Daoshun, an expert of Fang said his suspicion grew local governments or their gang when he tried to help a social policy with the Chinese aft er he discovered that the PhD employers should pay families young couple in 2005. Academy of Social Sciences, major on the resume on the subsidies, as well as provide Th e report said more than said providing rewards for website of Xiamen University’s favorable policies to ensure 20 passers-by just stood there people’s brave acts is neces- Medical College was diff erent their children have access to watching when the gang bul- sary given that China’s social from that on the website of the education. lied the young couple, beat Li security network is yet to be GRIM DISCOVERY university’s School of Pharma- Heroes with low incomes when he tried to intervene, and established. PHOTO BY NIU SHUPEI / FOR CHINA DAILY ceutical Sciences. will also be given priority if then ran away. The government should A total of 135 mortar shells are unearthed at a park in Xuchang, “How could a person forget they are on the waiting list for Without health insurance, speed up perfecting the social her own major?” he asked. aff ordable housing programs Li had to pay 100,000 yuan security system, which should Henan province, on Th ursday. Workers found several mortar shells Xiamen University’s informa- or State-sponsored house ren- ($15,700) in medical bills, move forward from solving the at a construction site in the park. Police said the shells were left by the tion offi ce could not be reached ovation programs. most of which he borrowed survival issues of the poorest to for comment. Seven government agencies from relatives. protecting every citizen’s basic Japanese army during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggres- According to Xiamen Daily, including the ministries of civil Li lived in a rented apart- welfare, he said. sion (1937-1945). Fu began working as a visiting professor at Xiamen Univer- sity’s Medical College in 2004, when she applied with a forged diploma from Columbia Uni- versity. She became a full-time Govt weighs social insurance reforms faculty in 2009. Th e university acknowledged By CHEN XIN compensation and maternity nies in this industry, whether man’s compensation and mater- their negligence in identifying [email protected] funds. they are export-oriented com- nity insurance premiums. the degree, the report said. By the end of 2008, the minis- panies or those that concen- Lu Xuejing, a social security Th e university said it did not To help Chinese business- try had decided to allow business- trate on the domestic market, expert at Capital University of verify the authenticity of Fu’s es that have fallen on hard es to apply for permission to delay are struggling in the hope they Economics and Business in diploma when she applied for times, the government may the payments they are required won’t be shut down this year.” Beijing, said the decision to a visiting professor position in let them delay payments they to make into the country’s social “Our previous custom- delay and reduce premium 2004, since the post is part-time. are required to make into the insurance funds, allowing them ers are running away from us payments proved to be wise in In 2008, when Fu applied to be country’s social insurance to postpone those for six months and turning to new partners 2008 and 2009. a full-time professor, the uni- funds or pay reduced amounts, at the most. in Vietnam, Cambodia and “Payments into the fi ve types versity again failed to check her a senior offi cial said. Th e ministry would also let in some African countries, of social insurance are equal diploma because she had been At a news conference on selected businesses reduce the where they only pay workers to about 30 percent of what teaching at the university for Wednesday, Yin Chengji, a premiums they have to pay into a monthly salary equivalent to employees are paid,” she said. four years. spokesman for the Ministry of every social insurance fund $60 to $70,” Yang said. “It would give businesses a lot Che Weimin, director of Human Resources and Social except the pension fund for up Yang showed little enthusi- of relief if the payment of these the Division of International Security, said his ministry is to a year. asm for the government’s cur- premiums could be delayed or Cooperation and Exchange aware that some small and To obtain those benefits, rent proposal to modify social reduced.” at the Chinese Service Center medium-sized enterprises in businesses had to explain their insurance policies. Lu said small and medium- for Scholarly Exchange, said eastern regions are struggling diffi culties to local social secu- “Senior workers in our com- sized enterprises employ more that many students are pursu- as the country’s economic rity authorities and then sub- pany, most of whom are from than 80 percent of the country’s ing higher education outside growth continues to slow. mit applications. rural areas, actually don’t want labor force. their native countries, so it’s “We will keep an eye on the Dragged down by weak exter- to pay social insurance and Compared with the pension important to establish a reli- business situations of SMEs,” nal demand and government almost always prefer to use premiums owed in other coun- able qualifi cation recognition SWIM FREE he said. “If a lot of them fi nd it policies aimed at controlling the cash,” he said. tries, the pension payments system. PHOTO BY ZHAO YONG / FOR CHINA DAILY diffi cult to sustain their growth property industry, the country’s Yang said his company does Chinese businesses must make Currently, overseas degrees or keep operating, we will GDP growth slowed to a three- not pay social insurance pre- are high, Lu said. must be verifi ed by the Ministry A green sea turtle weighing more than 110 introduce a policy to help ease year low of 7.6 percent in the miums for everyone employed Every month, workers pay 8 of Education, he said. kg is released back to the sea in an area off their burdens, one that is simi- second quarter of this year. there. percent of their wages into the “Nearly 340,000 Chinese stu- Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednes- lar to one we had in 2008 and “We are not talking about In China, employers and fund and employers match that dents went abroad to study in 2009, when the global fi nancial profits this year, but merely employees each pay part of the with an amount that is equal 2011, and about 190,000 came day night.