Ministry of Education's Response to Zhai Tianlin Incident: Neither Ignorance of Academic Rules nor Behavior

In response to Zhai Tianlin's suspected academic misconduct, Xu Mei, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education, said that the Ministry of Education attached great importance to this issue and urged relevant parties to carry out prompt verification. Beijing authorities supervised and directed the investigation organized by the Beijing Film Academy. Peking University also carried out relevant verification work. The investigation involves not only whether I am suspected of academic misconduct, but also whether there are problems in other aspects of my work. Yesterday, Peking Electric Power and Peking University issued phased verification statements one after another.

The Ministry of Education reiterates its consistent and clear attitude of zero tolerance. It is absolutely impermissible to ignore academic rules, undermine academic norms and impair educational equity. For these acts, we must resolutely find, verify and investigate them together, and never tolerate them. It is believed that the relevant parties will conscientiously and seriously carry out follow-up verification work, deal with it in accordance with the law and regulations, and publish the relevant treatment to the public at the first time.