The education department of the Chinese
government deserves kudos for attempting to improve educational institutions in a
commitment to provide a supportive learning environment for Chinese students.

You'll get no argument from me on the above point, however, I believe much of what the government are doing is essentially paying 'lip-service'.

I have a few transcripts from a seminar that was held in Shanghai back in 1990, which my college professor attended.

The subject back then was how to improve the methods by which English education was essentially delivered in China, to ESL students

I'll dig them out when I get chance and post a few of the topics here. You will see that 24 years later, not much has changed.

The ESL industry in China DOES have many issues that need addressing, but I'm still to be convinced that these latest measures are doing so in a positive and constructive way.