Imaginary university catches students' eye 虚构的大学吸引了学生的眼球

Imaginary university cates students' eye
虚构的大学吸引了学生的眼球

By ZOU SHUO | China Daily | Updated: 2023-07-07 10:11
作者：邹硕（音） | 中国日报 | 更新时间：2023-07-07 10:11

"Shanhe University", an imaginary university created by students to serve the people of Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces, has become a meme online.

“山河大学”，一个由学生创建的为山东、山西、河北、河南四省人民服务的虚拟大学，已经成为网上的一个梗。

It has also caught the attention of the Ministry of Education, which responded by stressing the need to increase higher education resources in populous regions.

这也引起了教育部的注意，教育部对此的回应，强调需要增加人口稠密地区的高等教育资源。

The term has become a catchphrase online as high school graduates in the provinces complain about a lack of top-tier universities in the region, which has increased the competition for college enrollment and limited their opportunities to access high-quality higher education.

山河大学已成网络流行语，因为山河四省的高中毕业生抱怨该区域缺乏一流大学，这加剧了大学入学的竞争，限制了他们获得高质量高等教育的机会。

In China, students in the same provincial region compete with each other to get enrolled into universities.

在中国，同一省份的学生相互竞争以进入大学。

Meanwhile, if a provincial region has more reputable universities, they will assign more slots to students in the region and the students have a higher possibility to be enrolled.

同时，如果一个省有更多的知名大学，它们会为该省的学生分配更多名额，使该省的学生有更高的入学机会。

While there are 3.43 million students in the four provinces taking this year's national college entrance exam, or gaokao, accounting for 26.5 percent of the gaokao candidates, the regions only have a handful of renowned universities.

虽然四省有343万学生参加今年的高考，占全国高考考生的26.5%，但四省的知名大学屈指可数。

Netizens have joked that if each high school graduate in the province donates 1,000 yuan ($138), there would be more than 3 billion yuan, enough to establish Shanhe University, located in a way that overlaps the four provinces and that could admit more graduates from the regions.

网友们开玩笑说，如果该省每个高中毕业生捐赠1000元人民币，那么这笔资金将超过30亿元人民币，足以在四省交界处建立山河大学，这样可以招收更多来自四省的毕业生。

The imaginary university has become a trending topic on social media platforms.

这所虚构的大学已成为社交媒体平台上的热门话题。

Netizens have also designed a school logo, motto, website and student admission guide.

网友们还设计了校徽、校训、网站和学生入学指南。

However, although they are neighboring provinces, it is almost geographically impossible for a university to sit in all four provinces, unless it is extremely big.

不过，尽管山河四省是相邻的省份，但从地理上来说，一所大学几乎不可能同时坐镇这四个省份，除非规模非常非常大。

At a news conference on Wednesday, Wu Yan, vice-minister of education, said the ministry is aware of people calling to establish such a university.

在周三的新闻发布会上，教育部副部长吴岩表示，教育部知道有人呼吁建立这样一所大学。

The ministry supports regions in central and western areas, especially populous provincial regions, to expand the scale of their higher education, he said.

他说，教育部支持中西部地区，特别是人口稠密的省份扩大高等教育规模。

Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng said the ministry will continue to bridge the education gap among urban and rural areas, different regions, schools and groups, so that all children can enjoy equal and high-quality education.

教育部部长怀进鹏表示，教育部将继续弥合城乡之间，不同地区、学校和群体之间的教育差距，让所有孩子都能享受平等和高质量的教育。

-- 原文： China Daily 中国日报

                               
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