The overwhelming majority of these officials end up receiving doctorates (a master’s degree won’t do anymore in this political arms race) granted through part-time programs or in the Communist Party’s training schools. Of the 250 members of provincial Communist Party standing committees, an elite group including party chiefs and governors, 60 claim to have earned PhDs.
其中大部分官员最终都通过业余学习或者党校拿到了博士学位（硕士学位在这场政治军备竞赛中已经起不到任何作用了）。在拥有250名成员的中国共产党中央委员会（这是一个包含中共首脑和地方省市大员的精英团体）中，有60人声称自己拥有博士学位。