The application for the establishment of a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school that implements higher education with a bachelor's degree or above shall be examined and approved by the education administrative department of the State Council; The application for the establishment of a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school offering higher vocational education and non-academic higher education shall be examined and approved by the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the proposed institution is located.

A Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school with legal personality shall set up a board of directors or a board of directors, and a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school without legal personality shall set up a joint management committee. The Chinese members of the board of directors, the board of directors or the joint management committee shall not be less than 1/2. The board of directors, the board of directors or the joint management committee is composed of more than 5 people, with a chairman and a vice-chairman, each with 1 person. If one party of a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school serves as the chairman, chairman or director, the other party shall serve as the vice chairman, vice chairman or deputy director. The legal representative of a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school with legal person status shall be determined by the Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school through consultation.

According to Article 11 of the Regulations on Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools in People's Republic of China (PRC), a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school shall meet the basic conditions stipulated in the Education Law of the People's Republic of China, the Vocational Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Higher Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant administrative regulations, and be qualified as a legal person.