Exclusive》President Gao Weiyuan has an increased chance of staying at Tsinghua University and may escape the supervision of the school affairs meeting

Gao Weiyuan, president of Tsinghua University. (File photo)

Tsinghua University held an additional school affairs meeting at 2 p.m. today. During the meeting, discussions continued on the proposal put forward by the School Regulatory Committee on whether to conduct an opinion survey on President Gao Weiyuan's re-appointment and overseas job search. During the more than one hour meeting, in addition to adopting a secret vote, some school affairs representatives believed that the opinion investigation proposed by the School Supervisory Committee should be shelved. After voting, the majority on the scene agreed to shelve the case without further discussion and voting. Other school representatives believe that the shelving of the case brought by the School Supervisory Committee is a complete blockade of the School Supervisory Committee's authority. This result is disappointing.

However, the Tsinghua University school affairs meeting is still ongoing. Some school affairs representatives have proposed a new proposal to replace the school board of supervisors, but it has been moved in the direction of not being listed as a major proposal within the school. As for the replacement plan and whether to continue to discuss the Gao Weiyuan controversy, the meeting is still ongoing.

Some representatives of the school council believe that the proposal put forward by the school board of supervisors on whether to conduct an opinion investigation on the Gao Weiyuan incident has been shelved, which is tantamount to blocking the authority of the school board. This means that the majority of the school council believes that there is no need to conduct an opinion survey on the overseas job search incident of President Gao Weiyuan. It also means that Gao Weiyuan may escape the supervisory battlefield of the school council. As for how to conduct subsequent investigations or whether to investigate the Gao Weiyuan incident, it is still under discussion. This move is also interpreted to increase the chance that Gao Weiyuan will stay at Tsinghua University.