To implement the Ministry of Science and Technology's Decree No.11 on tackling academic misconduct, a complaint mailbox has been opened online to provide a convenient channel for the Chinese public to monitor academic efforts.
The mailbox is available underneath the column of academic integrity on MOST's website. Any complaints issued via this feedback area will be investigated by the Office of Academic Integrity of MOST.
MOST released a set of trial rules to deal with related scientific fraud last November, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2007. The regulation was regarded as first unified one of its kind to bring scientific misconduct under the country's legal system.
Last April, Yang Jie, former director of the Life Science and Technology Institute at Shanghai's Tongji University, was sacked after the veracity of his academic record was questioned.
