In response to the heated public opinion that Chen Jie, a graduate of Hunan University in 2016 with a master’s degree in software engineering, was suspected of full-text plagiarism, Hunan University released verification instructions.
The Paper noted that at 23: 59 on November 3, Hunan University responded at the official Weibo that a special working group was set up immediately after receiving the relevant report to seriously carry out verification. After investigation, Chen Jie’s master’s thesis "Research on Key Technologies of News Abbreviations for New Media" constitutes academic misconduct. According to relevant regulations, Chen Jie’s master’s degree has been revoked, and his tutor Tang Kelong’s qualification as a postgraduate tutor has been cancelled.
The statement also mentioned that Hunan University insists on zero tolerance for academic misconduct, and will deeply reflect, strengthen management and never tolerate it.
According to The Paper’s earlier report, on November 1st, Zhang Huaping, an associate professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, issued a document at the certification Weibo, saying, "My graduate student Zhao Lianwei’s master’s thesis" Research on Key Technologies of News Abbreviations for New Media "was plagiarized by Chen Mou, a graduate student of a school. After three months of review, it has been recognized by the degree evaluation meeting of the school, and a decision has been made to revoke Chen Mou’s master’s degree and cancel his tutor’s qualification."
Zhang Huaping said that he was grateful to the school for its impartial handling, and especially thanked the dean of the graduate school of the school for his positive response. In order to be academically rigorous and alert the later graduate students, Zhang Huaping also attached the relevant explanations provided by Zhao Lianwei.
Zhao Lianwei said, "I am Zhao Lianwei, a graduate student of Beijing Institute of Technology in 2016, and now I report that a university student Chen Mou’s dissertation is fraudulent and plagiarized from my dissertation. The plagiarism rate is almost 100%. During my master’s study in Beijing Institute of Technology, under the guidance of Mr. Zhang Huaping, I conducted academic research and completed my dissertation, and passed my defense in January 2016 to obtain my master’s degree. Thesis is provided by the school to HowNet (https://www.cnki.net) and published. The topic of this paper is "Research on Key Technologies of News Abbreviations for New Media". Recently, a colleague found another paper with the same topic as my dissertation on HowNet. By comparison, it is found that this paper almost completely copied my dissertation, which was later than the time when I published it. In addition to the slightly different acknowledgements and keywords, the full text is 100% plagiarized from format to content. "
Zhao Lianwei pointed out that HowNet search results showed that his paper was published on January 1, 2016, while Chen Mou’s paper was published on November 28, 2016. The details of HowNet’s paper show that Chen Mou’s abstract and article structure completely copied his own paper. "To sum up, it can be considered that Chen Mou has serious plagiarism and plagiarized my dissertation."
Chen Mou, Chen Jie, from Hunan University, said in the "Thanks" part that this paper was completed under the careful guidance of Teacher Tang Kelong. Teacher Tang Kelong has spent a lot of energy and put forward valuable opinions from the beginning of topic selection, to the discussion and determination of intermediate solutions, and to the design and implementation of the final experimental stage.
It is worth mentioning that on November 2nd, Zhang Huaping made a supplementary explanation: "The degree thesis was 100% plagiarized and found in July. I pressed Zhao to handle it in a low-key way, and I didn’t want to be a hot spot of public opinion. I appealed to the famous Southern 985 university by email and telephone, but more than a dozen leaders of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Graduate School ignored it, and only a dean in charge actively communicated with us. After a long review process of more than three months, the simple fact came to the informal notice of the leader’s email a few days ago: it has been recognized by the degree evaluation meeting of the school, and a decision has been made to revoke Chen Mou’s master’s degree and cancel his tutor’s qualification. After repeated requests, there is still no formal apology, and no official documents or announcements can be obtained, as if nothing had happened, it was still peaceful, and the beautiful campus was still being broadcast. I especially hope that a school can copy the thunderous means of Beijing Institute of Technology’s zero tolerance for academic misconduct. The plagiarism publicly reported by the school has occurred many times. If it is not as open and transparent as Beijing Institute of Technology, such a bad plagiarism today will never be the last case. "
As for the netizen’s suggestion, "There is another possibility, that is, the original author sold the paper himself, and the communication information in the past trading process has disappeared for so many years. Death tells no tales, and the buyer can only eat dumb losses." Zhang Huaping said, "It is impossible, the students themselves burst out, and the quality of our North Institute of Technology students is enough to guarantee, and their graduation income is enough to ignore petty profits."