(Gengshen annual winter month 26), January 1, 1981, China formally introduced the academic degree system. In Reference 1 January 1981, China formally introduced the system of academic awards. China from the 1950s, trying to establish the degree system, due to the extremely leftist "ideology influence and interference of the" Cultural Revolution ", has not been able to implement. 1976, the Ministry of Education and the State Department Bureau of scientific and technical cadres jointly organized by the degree team, developed the degree regulations of the People's Republic of China (draft) ", February 15, 1980 by the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee examined and revised, discussion by . Degree system provides three of our set bachelors, masters and Ph.D. degree. These did not see the name of the component was greatly standardized personnel selection system.

1982, 16, 2009, China held its first doctoral thesis defense will, Ma Zhong-Qi Hui-Min Xie, Enabling, Zhaolin Cheng, Bai Zhidong and Feng Yulin Ph.D., in addition to Pingwang Lin obtained his Ph.D. degree, and the remaining 5 people Doctorate of Science. Become a Dr. trained the first batch of China was formally implemented since the academic degree system. Reference October 1983, China's first train the first approvals Doctoral. So far, China's degree system fully tend to improve and mature. (L $ dj��.��r��)