State Council Issued the “Regulations on the Control of Foreign Funded Financial Institutions”

The Xinhua News Agency has released the full text of the No.340 order of the State Council signed by Premier Zhu Rongji, on the publication of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Control of Foreign Funded Financial Institutions, which will take effect on the date of February 1 in 2002.

Institutionalized Mutuality in Canada-China Management Education Collaboration

This paper examines the Canada-China Management Education Program(CCMEP,1983-1996)between the University of Toronto(UT)and Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST).In this paper,we create a“Three Levels/Four Parameters”analytical framework,based on the concept of mutuality from Johan Galtung(1980)and the concept of institutions from W.Richard Scott(2007).We use this framework to analyze management cooperation between UT and HUST.Qualitative data is collected through open-ended interviews with participants of the CCMEP and from a review of historical literature.Through this analysis,we find that mutuality in the CCMEP was gradually established.During this process,the national macro-level institutional framework,the interactive consultations between UT and HUST,and the increased understanding of HUST’s needs and culture constitute the three levels of institutionalized mutuality in the CCMEP.The UT project directors’understanding about Chinese culture,values,and beliefs was the key to the success of the CCMEP.Among the four parameters of mutuality,autonomy is the core parameter.

Distribution of licensed acupuncturists and educational institutions in the United States in early 2015

In recent decades, acupuncture has been used more widely and extensively in the United States （U.S.）. However, there have been no national surveys or analyses reported in academic journals on the number of practicing or licensed acupuncturists, This study was conducted to identify the approximate number of licensed acupuncturists active in 2015. The Board of Acupuncture or Board of Medicine in each state or U.S. territory was contacted to collect data, Online license information searching was also performed in order to get accurate numbers of licensed acupuncturists for those states in which a board was unable to be contacted. The study found that the number of licensed acupuncturists in 2015 in the U,S, was 34,481. Of this, more than 50% were licensed in three states alone： California （32.39%）, New York （11,89%） and Florida （7.06%）. The number of licensed acupuncturists increased 23.30% and 52.09%, compared to the year 2009 （n = 27,965） and 2004 （n = 22,671）, respectively; increasing about 1,266 per year. There were 62 and 10 accredited acupuncture institutions providing master and doctoral degrees, respectively. The West Coast comprised 51.39% of degree granting programs, while the East Coast comprised 29.17%; together the coastal states housed more than 80% of all programs, with the remainder sprinkled across the southern （9.72%）, northern （8.33%）, and the middle/central states （1.39%）. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia regulated acupuncture practice by law at the time of data collection. Acupuncture continues to be a quickly growing profession in the U.S,