Order No. 20 of the Ministry of Education

The Implementation Measures for the Regulation of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Cooperative Education, which were adopted ministers' meeting on March 1, 2004, are hereby promulgated and shall come into force on July 1, 2004.

Minister of Education Zhou Ji

June 2, 2004

Implementation Measures for the Regulation of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Cooperative Education
Article 2 The present Measures shall apply to the specific requirements for the establishment, activities and management of the Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions, and the examination, approval and management of Chinese-foreign cooperative education projects according to the RCFCE such as diploma education, self-study examination aids, elementary education remediation and preschool education, etc.
Article 3 The state encourages cooperative education between Chinese education institutions and foreign education institutions whose academic level and educational and teaching quality are universally acknowledged. It encourages the cooperative education activities relating to the subjects, specialties and fields that are new and badly demanded in China.

The state encourages Chinese-foreign cooperative education in China's west regions, remote and poverty-stricken regions.


The term "Chinese-foreign cooperative education projects" as mentioned in the present Measures refers to the cooperative educational and teaching activities between Chinese education institutions and foreign education institutions without establishing any education institution, and the said activities mainly aim to enroll Chinese citizens in the aspects of disciplines, specialties and courses.

In accordance with the provisions of the RCFCE, the measures for the examination, approval and management of Chinese-foreign cooperative education projects relating to the training of occupational skills shall be separately formulated by the labor administrative department of the State Council.

Article 4 The Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions shall, according to the Regulations on the Implementation of the Non-state Education Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China, be entitled to enjoy the support and awards given by the state to non-state schools.

Any private organizations or individuals who have made other outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese-foreign cooperative education shall be given awards by the administrative departments of education.