To promote the education policy, the degree subsidy in Foshan means that the Foshan government pays for the degrees of some private schools according to certain funding standards. These parents attending private schools do not have to pay or pay less, mainly to promote Shanghai students to receive higher education and exempt some tuition fees.

Foshan is a prefecture-level city and megacity under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, an important manufacturing base in China, an economic and trade center in the west wing of the Pearl River Delta region and a comprehensive transportation hub determined by the State Council.