Rules on Foreign students' Enrollment in China's Colleges and Universities

Article 1 These rules are formulated in accordance with the Education Law of the People's Republic of China, the Higher Education Law of the People's Republic of China and the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens, for the purpose of enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese people and people of all other countries, promoting international cooperation and communication among universities and colleges, and strengthening standardized management on enrolling and training foreign students to study in China.

Article 2 The higher education institutions as referred to in these rules are those higher-learning bodies authorized by the Ministry of Education to offer full-time schooling for higher academic qualification education. The foreign students as referred to in these rules are those foreign citizens with foreign passport who are registered in China's higher education institutions to receive academic qualification or non-academic qualification educations.

Article 3 The work on enrolling and training foreign students should follow the principle of "deepening reform, strengthening supervision, guaranteeing quality, and developing in a positive and reliable step."

Article 4 The higher education institutions accepting foreign students should possess prerequisite teaching and living facilities, and reach corresponding teaching and research level as well as management level.

Article 5 The higher education institutions, when enrolling and training foreign students, should follow the country's foreign policies, safeguard national sovereignty, security, social and public benefits.

Chapter II Management system

Article 6 The Ministry of Education manages the country's work on enrolling foreign students at Chinese Colleges and Universities in an all-around way, formulates the principles and policies on accepting foreign students, manages the "Chinese Government Scholarship" in accordance with its administration scope, coordinates and guides the work on enrolling foreign students in all regions and all schools in China, and evaluates the foreign students management work in all regions and schools and their teaching quality.

The Ministry of Education entrusts the National Study-abroad Fund Management Committee to take charge of the work on state-planned enrollment of foreign students and the detailed management work.

Article 7 Higher education institutions, when enrolling foreign students, should be subject to examination and approval by the administrative department for education as well as same-level foreign affairs department and public security department under the people's government in each province, autonomous region and municipality, and submit it to the Ministry of Education for report. The enrollment of foreign students to enjoy the Chinese Government Scholarship should be examined and approved directly by the Ministry of Education.

Article 8 The administrative department for education under the people's government in each province, autonomous region and municipality shall be in charge of the coordination work on enrolling foreign students at higher education institutions in its administrative region. The competent local authorities, including foreign affairs department and public security department, shall assist the administrative department for education and higher education institutions to handle well the management work on foreign students.

Article 9 Higher education institutions shall take the detailed responsibility for the recruitment, education, teaching and daily management work on foreign students. The universities and colleges should entrust a president-level official to take charge of the work on foreign<.