First of all, from the nature of running a school, Hua Hui University belongs to a private undergraduate institution of higher learning, which is run by social forces rather than a public school directly funded by the government.

Secondly, as can be seen from the historical changes of the school, Hua Hui University was originally an education college and a medical college jointly funded by Nantong Education Department and local enterprises. Both schools are public schools run by local governments. However, with the deepening of reform and opening up and the gradual prosperity of private education, Nantong Institute of Education and Nantong Medical College were transformed into private schools in 1999 and 2000 respectively, and formally merged into the present Hua Hui College in 2005.

Finally, from the provisions of relevant policies and regulations, Hua Hui University, as a private school, mainly relies on tuition fees and social donations, rather than directly relying on government grants and other state financial funds. At the same time, in the Law on the Promotion of Private Education in People's Republic of China (PRC) and the specific implementation rules of various places, it is also clearly stipulated how private schools should run schools according to law and manage independently, and obtain corresponding support and norms from the government.

Therefore, to sum up, Hua Hui University is a private undergraduate institution of higher learning, which is independently managed according to law and has certain economic autonomy and school-running autonomy.