Under the CPC’s unifying banner, the people were able to channel their collective strength after Kuomintang-led troops suffered major losses. (Photo : Google)
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is experiencing trouble in recruiting teachers. According to an article published in the state-owned newspaper People’s Daily on Thursday, Aug. 20, prominent Chinese university teachers as well as educators with overseas degrees are hesitant to join.
"It is difficult to recruit academic leaders or prominent teachers with advanced educational attainment, especially those with overseas degrees," the newspaper said. The CPC interviewed faculty members from over 20 Chinese universities about the Party and its ideology.
Vice Party chief We Wenjun, who works at the Beijing Institute of Technology, shared with the Global Times that young to middle-aged teachers and department heads are indeed less inclined to join.
"In our school, most teachers, who are CPC members, joined the Party when they were university students. Those who failed to join the Party at a younger age are often less willing to do so since they consider it not necessary," said Wu.
Wu added that although Party membership is an advantage for new graduates looking for work, it's not usually a prerequisite if one is seeking to get promoted at a university.
Non-member teachers also claim to be busy with work and research to join the Party.
Analysts suggest that the CPC devise new and creative ways to attract and encourage young teachers to become members.
"Chinese universities should be more creative in promoting the Party so that more overseas-educated teachers would agree to join the Party," said Wang Huiyao, vice president of the Chinese Overseas-Educated Scholars Association.
Aside from teachers, President Xi Jinping also called on the recruitment of overseas-educated Chinese working in other sectors, including new media and business.
