Liu Mouhua (not his real name), deputy dean of Chongqing University Graduate School, was issued a serious warning by the Communist Party of China and removed from his post for using his research to help his daughter, according to the university's notice issued on 10 May, 2025. The national scholarship as well as other honors and awards given to the daughter Liu Mouqiao (not her real name), will be revoked in accordance with relevant procedures.

The daughter is an undergraduate at the university and has published 14 high-quality SCI (Science Citation Index) papers and won three national invention patents. Liu Mouhua arranged for his daughter to participate in his research work and co-authored his papers and patents, which constitutes academic misconduct due to improper authorship of papers and patents.

Source  https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202505/10/WS681f25fea310a04af22be94a.html

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