Quality professionals in Shanghai have a 10-percent higher pass rate on quality-certification exams than quality professionals in other parts of China. The Shanghai Academy of Quality Management reports that the nationwide average pass rate for the exam is 30 percent, while Shanghai’s average pass rate is more than 40 percent. There are 53,136 certified junior- and middle-level quality engineers in China, 12 percent of whom are in Shanghai.

The Shanghai Academy of Quality Management also recently held a party, at which officials announced plans for a nationwide senior quality-professional’s qualification examination next year. Attendees also held a signing ceremony that emphasized building the quality profession’s public image by increasing quality credibility.

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