China is considering holding masters who use artificial intelligence AI to ghostwrite their theses legally responsible. The draft of the degree law has been submitted to the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, for deliberation on Monday. The draft provides legal responsibilities for actions such as degree holders using or impersonating another's identity to gain admission qualifications, employing artificial intelligence to author thesis papers, and institutions granting degrees illegally. Academic misconduct includes forgery, data falsification, using artificial intelligence to produce a thesis, impersonating another's identity to obtain admission qualifications, and securing admission qualifications and graduation certificates through illegal means like favoritism and cheating. The document addresses other illegal or irregular actions during the study period, which should prevent the award of a degree. The proposal declares that if a person who has already received a degree has been found to have used illegal methods to do so, the degree-granting institution must revoke the degree certificate. This decision should be made after a review by the degree evaluation committee.