Agents taking advantage of internship requirement
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With internships an important part of course work for many students, the business of fake certificates is booming.
The Ministry of Education requires internship to account for at least 30 percent of credit hours, and colleges typically ask students to take up internships for a few months to prepare for their future careers.
But for just 200 yuan (US$30) or less, students can get whatever internship certificate they like online.
On e-commerce website Taobao.com, you can find many items by searching for 鈥渋nternship certificate.鈥 Some sellers even tout 鈥渢ailor-made鈥 internship certificates 鈥減roviding all necessary stamps of any company of your choice.鈥
One agent, 鈥淵ibaifen,鈥 told reporters a certificate would cost 49.9 yuan. 鈥淵ou can choose any type of company in any city.鈥 The agent then sent the stamp of a well-known Beijing-based IT company and claimed it was 鈥渞eal鈥 because he 鈥渉as connections.鈥
Some agents even promise to take follow-up calls from colleges. One told reporters he was 鈥渙n call 24-7.鈥
鈥淚 put my own phone number on the certificates, so if your teachers call about your internship, I can handle them.鈥
Another said he had the genuine stamp of a Beijing advertising company and paid it commission for each stamp he put on certificates.
However, the company鈥檚 general manager denied knowledge of the scam, saying there were strict rules about the use of its stamp, and that the agent鈥檚 stamp must be fake.
Xiao Mo, an undergraduate in Xuzhou in east China鈥檚 Jiangsu Province, said she had bought a fake internship certificate online. Her college had 鈥渟trict demands鈥 on internships, she said, but she did not have the time for one as she needed to prepare for graduate school. 鈥淏esides, my teachers probably won鈥檛 check the authenticity of the certificate, so it should be no problem.鈥
Li Jiaxing, deputy head of the University of International Relations, said buying fake certificates was immoral.
鈥淐olleges need to be credible,鈥 Li said. 鈥淎nyone caught purchasing fake certificates should be regarded as cheating and be punished accordingly.鈥
Qu Wenyong, of Heilongjiang University, said the government should be dealing with the agents. 鈥淓-commerce websites are also to blame for being platforms for illegal businesses,鈥 he said.
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