The special plan of colleges and universities, also known as individual enrollment of rural students, is a preferential policy issued by the state to better promote educational equity and let more rural students go to college. The special plan of colleges and universities is mainly aimed at recruiting rural students who are eager to learn and have excellent grades in high schools below the county level (including county-level cities) in remote, poor and ethnic areas. The specific implementation area shall be determined by the relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) according to the above requirements. The enrollment task is undertaken by universities directly under the Ministry of Education and other independent enrollment pilot universities, and the enrollment plan is not less than 2% of the annual undergraduate enrollment scale of relevant universities.

The national special plan refers to the special plan that arranges about 1 000 people in the national enrollment plan every year, mainly a batch of undergraduate enrollment plans. The undergraduate program is jointly undertaken by the universities of the central government and some local universities that recruit undergraduate students, and the national model (including backbone) higher vocational schools undertake the task of recruiting students for higher vocational programs. Through the implementation of special programs, students in poor areas will have more opportunities to receive higher education and promote educational equity; Guide the healthy development of basic education in poverty-stricken areas and improve the education level; Encourage students to return to poverty-stricken areas for employment, entrepreneurship and service after graduation, and provide talents and intellectual support for the development of poverty-stricken areas.