CAS Readjusts Implementation of Its Talent Program

CAS has decided to readjust the way of implementing its Century Program (or Hundred-Talents Program), to give more independence to research institutes in head hunting and guarantee the support for the Program recruits on a selective basis. ……

The Impact of Discovery Education Digital Textbook Usage on Students＇ Achievements

Discovery Education digital textbook series help accelerating school districts＇ digital transition in different subjects for K-8 and high school classrooms and related services. We evaluated the impact of using Discovery Education digital textbooks on students＇ science, english and math achievement in a large school district in southwest United States.

Digital technology applications for contact tracing:the new promise for COVID-19 and beyond?

Among the most critical strategies in the fight against the Corona Virus Disease(COVID-19)is the rapid tracing and notification of potentially infected persons.Several nations have implemented mobile software applications(“apps”)to alert persons exposed to the coronavirus.The expected advantages of this new technology over the traditional method of contact tracing include speed,specificity,and mass reach.Beyond its use for mitigating and containing COVID-19,digital technology can complement or even augment the traditional approach to global health program implementation.However,as with any new system,strong regulatory frameworks are necessary to ensure that individual information is not used for surveillance purposes,and user privacy will be maintained.Having safeguarded this,perhaps the global health community will witness the beginning of a new era of implementing mass health programs through the medium of digital technology.

A SPEECH AT THE CAS CONFERENCE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION PROGRAM

On June 6, the State S&T leading group convened its first conference and ratified in principle the "Briefing Outlines for Carrying through a Pilot Project for the National Program of Knowledge Innovation (NPKI) in the CAS System" submitted by the Academy. The following is my initial understanding and inspirations drawn from the

Implementation of Teacher Training in China and Its Policy Implications

This study describes the current teacher training system in China, including the prevalence of teacher training, the types of training, training content and the ways that training is delivered. The paper presents subjective evaluations of training for principaIs and teachers using four diverse datasets. The results show that the National Teacher Training Project OVTTP） deviates from official policy objectives in several respects. The subjects of training programs and training content are not fully compliant with policy objectives. In addition, training opportunities are offered to a smaller proportion of rural teachers than urban teachers. It is found that the proportion of teachers and principals satisfied with the NTTP is lower than that for other types of training. Therefore, measures should be taken to increase training opportunities for rural teachers and to ensure the quality of training for all teachers.

Implementation of a flexible Major Vacation Toll-free Program for small passenger vehicles in China

On July 24,2012,the State Council of the People’s Republic of China implemented'a toll-free program for small passenger vehicles during major vacations1).In the several months that followed,local governments issued implementation articles.The current Major Vacation Tollfree Program for small passenger vehicles(MVTP)pioneers the concept(Xu and Gao,2016),'Benefaction to People.'The current MVTP has received