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 | Saturday, April 29, 2000, updated at 19:17(GMT+8) | ||||||||||||
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Model Workers Commended Have Higher Cultural QualityThe model workers and advanced personnel commended Saturday have higher cultural and professional quality than those cited in previous years, statistics indicated.A total of 2,946 model workers and advanced personnel were cited at the Great Hall of the People for their outstanding contributions to the country. Statistics showed that 1,485 individuals of the cited have received education at or above the college level. They account for about 50.3 percent of the total commended. A hundred and fifteen of them have master degrees and 39 have degrees of Ph.D. About 34.64 percent of them have been promoted to the senior level in their professions. In addition, 19 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering have been selected as model workers. Cui Zhanfu, vice-chairman of the organizing committee of the model workers' commending meeting, said that the model workers cited this year enjoy the highest educational level as compared with those cited before. "This indicates that the overall cultural and professional quality of the country's model workers have improved remarkably," Cui said. Model workers embody the advanced productive forces and spirits of the country, experts here said, noting that the upgrading of their educational level is the reflection of the country's continuous progress.
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