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The latest issue of Economist Magazine (12/5-11/2015 p.44) reported  that 50 official Chinese entertainment organizations have jointly signed a “Pledge of Self-Discipline in Professional Ethics”  for the press, publishing, broadcasting and film  industries.  

It has been one month since my own modest proposal for scholarly behavior was  published http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1565&do=blog&id=934510. I have also appealed to the leadership of the Chinese academy of Sciences. Let us all do our part and make this a reality for our field.

Note added 1/13/2016. A Chinese translation of the abopve article is now available at http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1565&do=blog&id=950232