In a country awash with fake diplomas and graduation certificates, the nationally administered university entrance exam, for all its faults, is one institution that is at least respected.

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The CSCSE is jointly approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council in 2000 to provide foreign credential assessment service to both Chinese and foreign students holding degree certificates and diplomas awarded by overseas institutions of higher education.

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The responsibility for issuing high school equivalency certificates or diplomas rests with states, and they've relied on the General Education Development exam since soon after the test was created to help returning World War II veterans.

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