Private academic diplomas cannot apply for academic certification through the academic certification center. Even if the application is successful, they can only issue a yellow report notification inquiry form (referred to as "yellow report"). This report is not used to prove the authenticity of academic qualifications, but only for reconsideration when there is any objection to the certification results. The yellow newspaper itself is not checked by the school letter network.

Private colleges and universities refer to institutions of higher learning and other educational institutions organized by enterprises, institutions, social organizations, other social organizations and individual citizens with non-state financial education funds. Their school-running level is divided into junior college and undergraduate course.

The tuition fees of private universities are three to four times that of public universities. The state encourages social forces to establish educational institutions that implement compulsory education as a supplement to the implementation of compulsory education by the state. The state strictly controls social forces to establish institutions of higher learning.

The state implements a school-running license system for schools run by social forces. Education administrative departments at all levels shall, in accordance with the prescribed examination and approval authority, issue school licenses to approved educational institutions.

Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run schools are also run by the people.

References:

Personal education _ Baidu Encyclopedia