英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1204 - 5岁就上网，你爸妈造吗？

Topic1 Family size violation fees to stay China's top family planning authority says it will continue charging social maintenance fees for family planning policy violations, although some experts say the 12-year-old fee is outdated and should be abolished.

Does the decision make sense?

Topic2 Chinese Work 2,200 Hours a Year According to a report on China's labor market in 2014, employees in China work 2,000 to 2,200 hours a year, equivalent to that of US and European countries between the 1920s and 1950s.

Is this a big problem?

Topic3 Beijing announces architectural requirements China's capital Beijing will spell out basic requirements for architecture.

Vice Mayor Chen Gang made the remarks during a symposium to promote inheritance and innovation in architectural culture.

The official says through urban planning, necessary requirements will be put in place based on the shape, size, style, colors, form and materials used in new buildings.

This is not the first time Beijing step up regulating its architecture. In 2000 it issued an announcement to encourage its buildings to use gray as the primary hue for exteriors.

Is there a problem to be addressed?

Topic4 Classroom surveillance cameras Recently, the Education Department of Guizhou Province required all provincial colleges and universities to establish classroom surveillance system, taping teaching activities. This new regulation raised heated discussion and four lawyers asked the government to disclose the legal basis of the new regulation.

Is it justified to install cameras in classrooms to tape teaching activities?

Topic5 Report says one-fourth of students are online before 5A newly released report shows that more than half of children in China under 18 started to use the Internet before they reached age 8, two years younger than was the case in 2010.

According to the report by the Chinese Youth Pioneers Business Development Center, a fourth of the 10,000 students in the research learned to use the Internet even before they were 5.

Does it come as a surprise?