To combat increasingly rampant plagiarism in college, the Ministry of Education published a new draft regulation against academic fraud, but education experts doubt it will be effective.

On Monday, the Ministry of Education published an interim regulation against academic fraud on its website, and is soliciting opinions from July 16 to Aug 16. Comments and advice will be received at the ministry's e-mail address at fzb@moe.edu.cn.

According to the regulation, an applicant will be deemed ineligible for an academic degree if he or she is discovered hiring ghostwriters, plagiarizing, or being involved in any other form of academic fraud.