Cleanliness is crucial to academic success at one Chinese university where compulsory labor is part of a program designed to award class credits while instilling students with proper moral values.
打扫卫生在一所中国大学于学业成功至关重要。在那里，义务劳动是一个计入学分并用于为学生灌输正确道德观念的教学计划的一部分。
But for many students at the Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, the program is an unnecessary burden, one they say detracts from their studies. It also carries echoes of China’s camps for so-called re-education through labor, which were used to silence activists and dissidents before they were abolished last year.
但对许多就读于河南省的郑州升达经贸管理学院的学生来说，这项教学计划是一个不必要的负担，并且影响了他们的学习。它也令人想起中国用来使活动人士和异见者噤声的所谓劳动教养营。劳教制度已于去年废除。
During winter, the sky is still dark at 6:30 a.m. when the university’s first-year students begin sweeping the 165-acre campus. Another cleaning shift awaits them later in the day. Each shift can take up to an hour, students said. Afterward, inspectors check the students’ work. Should a student miss a piece of trash or errant cigarette butt, he or she can lose academic credits and the opportunity to compete for certain titles and scholarships.
冬天，清晨6点半时天还是黑的。但这时，该校的大一学生已经开始清扫约165英亩（约合670,000平方米）大的校园了。学生们说，每日晚些时候，他们还有另一次值日排班，每次值日最长可达一个小时。清洁之后，检查员会来检查卫生。如果学生漏掉了一片垃圾或一个烟头，他们就面临拿不到学分及不能参加荣誉称号评选和奖学金竞争的风险。
While all students at Shengda are required to clean their dormitories and classrooms every day, first-year students are the only ones required to sweep the campus. According to students, cleanliness inspections are conducted every weekday.
升达所有年级的学生都被要求每日清洁宿舍和教室，只有大一学生还被要求清扫整个校园。据学生们说，学校平日每日进行卫生检查。
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