Over 20 copies of the voluminous planning document were sent to the members of the Shanghai Municipal Education Committee for their perusal, and all agreed that it was the best plan that they had seen from any applicant, but in May the committee rejected the application on the grounds that there was "insufficient proof of funding."
洋洋灑灑的一本規劃書，送了二十幾本給上海市教委會委員看，都肯定他們的規劃是所有申辦者中最好的。