REGULATIONS ON ACADEMIC DEGREES

   Article 1. These Regulations are formulated for the purpose of promoting the growth of specialized personnel, helping to raise the academic
level of various branches of learning and promoting the development of education and science in our country, in order to meet the
needs of the socialist modernization.

   Article 2. Any citizen who supports the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system and has attained certain academic
standards may apply for an appropriate academic degree in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

   Article 3. Academic degrees shall be of three grades: the bachelor’s degree, the master’s degree and the doctor’s degree.

   Article 4. The bachelor’s degree shall be conferred on graduates from institutions of higher learning who have good academic records and have
attained the following academic standards:

(1) having a relatively good grasp of basic theories, specialized knowledge and basic skills in the discipline concerned; and

(2) having initially acquired the ability to undertake scientific research or to engage in a special technical work.

   Article 5. The master’s degree shall be conferred on postgraduates in institutions of higher learning or scientific research institutes or persons
with qualifications equivalent to postgraduates on graduation, who have passed examinations in the required courses for the master’s
degree and successfully defended their dissertations and have attained the following academic standards:

(1) having a firm grasp of basic theories and systematic, specialized knowledge in the discipline concerned; and

(2) having the ability to undertake scientific research or independently to engage in a special technical work.

   Article 6. The doctor’s degree shall be conferred on postgraduates in institutions of higher learning or scientific research institutes or persons
with qualifications equivalent to postgraduates on graduation, who have passed examinations in the required courses for the doctor’s
degree and successfully defended their dissertations and have attained the following academic standards:

(1) having a firm and comprehensive grasp of basic theories and profound and systematic specialized knowledge in the discipline concerned;

(2) having the ability to undertake independent scientific research; and

(3) having made creative achievements in science or in a special technology.

   Article 7. The State Council shall establish an Academic Degrees Committee to direct the work of conferring academic degrees throughout the
country. The Academic Degrees Committee shall consist of a chairman, vice-chairmen and other members. The chairman, vice-chairmen
and other members shall be appointed and removed by the State Council.

   Article 8. The bachelor’s degree shall be conferred by those institutions of higher learning authorized by the State Council. The master’s and
doctor’s degrees shall be conferred by those institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutes authorized by the
State Council.

A list of institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutes that may confer academic degrees (hereinafter referred
to as ” degree-conferring units ” ) and the disciplines in which academic degrees may be conferred shall be submitted to the State
Council by its Academic Degrees Committee for approval and promulgation.

   Article 9. Each degree-conferring unit shall establish an academic degree evaluation committee and form dissertation committees for the disciplines
concerned.

A dissertation committee must include relevant specialists from other units, and the committee members shall be selected and determined
by the degree-conferring unit concerned. A list of members of the academic degree evaluation committee shall be submitted by the
degree-conferring unit to the competent department for approval. The competent department, in turn, shall present the approved list
of members of the academic degree evaluation committee to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for the record.

   Article 10. The dissertation committee shall be responsible for examining the dissertations for master’s or doctor’s degrees, organizing their
oral defence and adopting resolutions whether or not to confer the master’s or doctor’s degrees. Each resolution shall be adopted
by secret ballot and with a two-thirds majority of the committee members supporting and then submitted to the academic degree evaluation
committee.

The academic degree evaluation committee shall be responsible for examining and approving the list of holders of the bachelor’s degree
and for making a decision whether or not to approve each resolution on the conferment of a master’s or doctor’s degree submitted
by the dissertation committee. Each decision shall be adopted by secret ballot and with a simple majority of the committee members
supporting. The list of persons to be conferred a master’s or doctor’s degree shall be submitted to the Academic Degrees Committee
of the State Council for the record.

   Article 11. After a resolution to confer an academic degree has been adopted by the academic degree evaluation committee, the degree-conferring
unit shall issue an appropriate diploma to the holder of the academic degree.

   Article 12. Postgraduates who have completed their studies in units that are not authorized to confer academic degrees may, upon the recommendation
of their respective units, apply to nearby degree-conferring units for academic degrees. They shall be conferred appropriate degrees
after their applications have been examined and approved by the degree-conferring units and they have successfully defended their
dissertations and attained the academic standards stipulated in these Regulations.

   Article 13. Upon the recommendation of relevant specialists and with the approval of the degree-conferring units, those who have written important
works or made inventions, discoveries or other contributions to the development of science or special technologies may be exempt
from examinations in the required courses for the doctor’s degree and may directly take the oral examinations on their doctoral dissertations.
Those who have successfully defended their dissertations shall be conferred the doctor’s degree.

   Article 14. Distinguished scholars and well-known public figures, both Chinese and foreign, may be conferred an honorary doctor’s degree, upon
the nomination of a degree-conferring unit and with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council.

   Article 15. Foreign students studying in China and foreign scholars engaged in research work in China may apply to a degree-conferring unit for
academic degrees. Those who have attained the academic standards stipulated in these Regulations shall be conferred appropriate degrees.

   Article 16. If an academic body or a unit not authorized to confer academic degrees does not concur with a resolution or decision on the conferment
of an academic degree, it may address its objection to the degree-conferring unit or the Academic Degrees Committee of the State
Council, which shall study and deal with the objection thus addressed.

   Article 17. If irregularities, fraudulent practices or other situations in gross violation of the provisions of these Regulations are discovered,
the degree-conferring unit concerned may revoke the degrees already conferred, after reconsideration by its academic degree evaluation
committee.

   Article 18. If it is definitely established that a unit authorized to confer academic degrees has not been able to maintain the academic standards
of the academic degrees conferred, the State Council may suspend or revoke its status as a degree-conferring unit.

   Article 19. Measures for the implementation of these Regulations shall be formulated by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and
submitted to the State Council for approval.

   Article 20. These Regulations shall go into effect on January 1, 1981.