Yes and about time!

There is still a huge gap between the supply-and-demand of FT's in China and this gap will undoubtedly widen when the new rules actually begin to have their effect.

This will mean that certain educational establishments will have to pay a higher salary in order to secure good quality teachers.

As it is now, universities want the better qualified teachers yet are only prepared to pay a pittance in salary in return for all the years of study and hard work that these highly qualified people have undergone.

By contrast, a 'deecher' in a training centre can earn 3 times as much.

My experience is that most Chinese universities don't want to attract quality teachers if it means paying more. The thing is this, most highly qualified teachers can get jobs in the West with pensions and long holidays, they don't have to slum it in China. The Chinese are only too well aware that they can only attract young sub-standards, or teachers past their best; worn down by alcohol or emotional problems. Seems to me that if you can earn three times as much in a training centre, then that's the way to go....if you can make the grade- and if that standard is as low as you suggest ,why, you'll stand out like a beacon of light.. I prefer state schools myself.