Grant fraud and other academic offences threaten China’s innovation push, state media says

The article published on Monday said that despite efforts to strengthen research integrity, misconduct was still frequent, in part because of weak penalties. Such violations “waste scarce research resources, undermine a fair and competitive research environment, shake the foundations of technological innovation, and damage the international reputation of China’s scientific community”, the article said. It argued that academic dishonesty could only effectively be deterred by significantly increasing punishment.

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