Legal basis: Article 39 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Higher Education Law. Institutions of higher learning run by the state implement the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the grass-roots committees of institutions of higher learning. The grass-roots committees of colleges and universities in China * * * shall, in accordance with the articles of association and relevant regulations of China * * *, uniformly lead the work of the school and support the principals to exercise their functions and powers independently and responsibly. Its leadership responsibilities are mainly: implementing the line, principles and policies of China, adhering to the direction of running a socialist school, leading the ideological and political work and moral education work of the school, discussing and deciding the setting of internal institutions and the person in charge of internal institutions, and discussing and deciding the reform, development and basic management of the school. The internal management system of institutions of higher learning run by social forces shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the state on running schools by social forces.