44 years ago today, on November 26, 1981 (November 1, 1981 in the lunar calendar), the State Council approved the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units. On November 26, 1981, the list of the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in our country has been approved by the State Council and issued by the Degrees Committee of the State Council. The first batch of doctoral degree awarding units approved this time totaled 151, including 812 disciplines and specialties in doctoral degree awarding units, which can guide 1155 supervisors for doctoral students; 358 master's degree awarding units, and 3,185 disciplines and specialties in master's degree awarding units. The first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units are distributed in relevant ministries and commissions of the State Council, as well as universities and scientific research institutions affiliated to provinces, cities, autonomous regions and the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In order to ensure the quality of the degrees awarded, institutions of higher learning all take the school as the degree-awarding unit; the Chinese Academy of Sciences takes the department as the degree-awarding unit; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences takes the graduate school as the degree-awarding unit; the scientific research institutions under the ministries and commissions of the State Council generally take the research institute as the degree-awarding unit. The Degree Committee of the State Council issued a notice to the degree-awarding units on the work of awarding master's degrees. The notice said that more than 11,000 graduate students have graduated one after another this year, but due to their uneven enrollment levels and different study years, there are great differences in training conditions and arrangements among various units, and some graduate students cannot reach the academic level of a master's degree. Therefore, the degree awarding work must adhere to standards, ensure quality, and carefully do a good The notice stressed the need to adhere to the socialist direction in the awarding of degrees. Degree applicants must not only have the required academic level, but also have the consciousness to serve the socialist cause. The notice requires that degree-granting units must establish degree evaluation committees as soon as possible and effectively strengthen the leadership of degree work.