【推荐2】Violence (暴力) at schools has been widely reported in recent years. Hitting, slapping (打耳光) and burning others with cigarettes－the violence among teenagers has drawn public and government attention. On Nov. 11, the government published a guideline (指导意见) on dealing with school violence.

The guideline stressed that students with serious behaviour problems should be taken to special schools. Or, in more serious cases, they may take criminal responsibility (刑事责任) and be sent to prison.

China has long been considered as too soft on teen offenders (犯事者), according to the People website. Criminal responsibility begins at the age of 14. Offenders under the age of 16 do not face serious punishment unless they do eight types of “serious” crimes such as murder.

This might partly explain why junior middle school students are the most common offenders in school violence cases. It’s reported that they take up 33.96 percent of the total while high school students take up 22.64 percent.

“What also shocked us is how cruel (残忍的) some young offenders can be,” said Shi Weizhong.

In school violence cases in Beijing during the last five years, 14 percent of the offenders not only beat others, but also insulted (侮辱) them. They slapped others, made them kneel down (下跪), and in some cases took off other people’s clothes.

“The common tolerant (容忍的) attitude toward violence should be changed,” wrote Jiaxing Daily. “When teenagers do something wrong, we should tolerate and help them when necessary. But all of this has a limit.”

【推荐3】Vocational education(职业教育) is hoped to grow rapidly in China as the government continues to encourage high-quality development.

In a recent report, President Xi Jinping said vocational education has a “bright future and great development.” He called for speeding up the development of the vocational education system in order to train more skilled technical professionals.

China Youth Daily did a survey on April 29, 2021. They asked 1000 parents about their attitude towards vocational education.The results show that 66 percent of parents are willing to let their children receive vocational education.

At present, there are 11, 300 vocational schools across China with 30.88 million students, forming the world's largest vocational education system, according to China Daily. However, although China has millions of workers, there’s still a great need for high-level technicians such as AI technicians(人工智能技术人员), Electric businessman(电商人才) and Data analyst(数据分析师).

There have been a series of measures to improve vocational education, The Ministry of Education(教育部) plans to set up a separate entrance examination system for vocational students. Colleges and universities are also making changes to their majors(专业) to train modern skilled workers.

This year, 18 colleges and universities in Beijing are adding 46 vocational majors.Most of the new majors focus on cutting-edge(尖端的) fields.For example, the Beijing College of Finance and Commerce will have a major in AI technical services.