The Ministry of Education reports China has raised the college enrollment quota to students from five less developed regions from 35,000 last year to 60,000 this year.
The country adopted a policy last year to help more students from less developed regions to go to college.
This summer, colleges and universities in 11 provinces and municipalities such as Shanghai, Tianjin and northeastern Liaoning Province, will have to take in 60,000 freshmen from Inner Mongolia, southwestern Guizhou Province, northwestern Gansu Province, central Henan Province and eastern Anhui Province, said a ministry statement.
The quota did not include the students enrolled by local universities in these five provinces and regions.
Source:China View