【Commentary】Tong Zhuo, a Shanxi-based artist who graduated from the Chinese opera, claimed in a webcast on May 22 that he had changed the status of the previous student to the fresh student to participate in the college entrance examination, which caused uproar.

  [Same period] Tongzhuo live video: I also have the pressure to take the exam, I have to repeat it. I didn’t say which university I first tested in my favorite university. I was thinking at the time. At that time, I was a little bit harder. I had to take the university entrance exam. I couldn’t pass the exam and I would come again one year, but this university only recruits fresh students. As a freshman, I still didn't pass the exam. Later, I went to the Chinese opera.

  [Commentary] As soon as this remark came out, it immediately aroused public attention. Some netizens believe that this behavior is suspected of "college entrance exam fraud." On the evening of May 29, the Ministry of Education responded via Weibo that it had requested the Shanxi Provincial Department of Education, relevant universities and middle schools to carry out investigations. At the same time, Tong Zhuo himself wrote a letter of apology through his Weibo post. He claimed that he had applied to his alma mater Central Academy of Drama to revoke his academic qualifications. On May 30th, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Education issued a statement saying that it attaches great importance to a certain self-proclaimed online student who changed the status of a previous student to a freshman to participate in the college entrance examination in a live webcast.

  On June 8, the reporter telephoned the relevant education department to learn about the investigation progress of the incident.

  [Same period] Linfen City Education Bureau staff: I am the office, I am not very clear about the specific situation. (So ​​which department should I ask?) This is not very clear. I don’t know the specifics. (Do we have a publicity department? Hello?)

  [Same period] Staff of Shanxi Provincial Department of Education: Now our province attaches great importance to the fraud of Tongzhuo College Entrance Examination, and has established a special working group to investigate this matter. The investigation work on the Tongzhuo incident is currently in progress, and we will announce it to the public as soon as the investigation results come out. At present, our province's attitude towards this matter is to resolutely investigate it to the end. If we find any violations of regulations or disciplines, we will take serious accountability. Knowing that everyone pays special attention to this matter, we are also working hard to deal with it.

  【Explanation】Because Tongzhuo's father, Tongtianfeng, was accused of serving in the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Linfen City, Shanxi Province. The staff of the Comprehensive Office of the Standing Committee of Linfen Municipal People's Congress once said that the relevant departments of Linfen have intervened in the investigation on whether Tongtianfeng participated in the revision of his son's Tongzhu school status.

  Reporter Qu Lixia from Taiyuan, Shanxi

Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]