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Application for University Entrance Exams Declines
Ministry of Education Denies Employment Pressure Being the Culprit
The national university entrance exam is a major event for high school graduates in China as the critical opportunity to get higher education means better jobs and better life. However in this year, the number of applicants for universities and colleges dropped by 4% compared with 2008, about 10.2 million candidates participated in the national exam in June. Analysts say that the increasing employment pressure for fresh university graduates is the underlying reason for the decline; making students give up their college dreams....
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IMA¡¯s CMA Program Landed in China

The Institute of Management Accountant (IMA) has launch its Certified Management Accountant (CMA) program in China. The announcement was made in earlier in a news conference by the two parties in Beijing.....

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ATA Offers Technology and Services for Continued Professional Development for China Futures Association
On June 4, 2009, ATA and China Futures Association signed agreements on Continued Professional Development Program, in which ATA will be the technology and service provider for the distance education program for continued professional development for China futures professionals. This is another important cooperation between ATA and China Futures Association since ATA became the test delivery service provider for the association in 2003.....
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ETS TOEIC Bridge Pilot Test Successfully Delivered in China
On June 13, TOEIC Bridge pilot test was successfully delivered nationwide. This was the first TOEIC Bridge test conducted since ATA had become the TOEIC exclusive country master distributor for ETS earlier this year. The pilot test covered 16 cities including Guangzhou, Xiamen, Changsha and Dalian, around 9000 candidates participated in the test......
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Job Growth - Strong Sign of Recovery

Signaling a recovery in China's employment market, 3.65 million urban residents found new jobs in the first four months of the year, an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday. The short-term measures that the country has taken to counter the employment pressures are adequate, said Yang Weiguo....

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Shanghai Super-Fast Internet by 2012

Almost every household in Shanghai will be able to access upgraded fixed-line broadband services 50 times faster than current speeds within three years, China Telecom's Shanghai branch said yesterday ...

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