Need. The defense application, defense committee composition, defense procedures and degree evaluation of graduate thesis of East China Jiaotong University should be strictly implemented in accordance with the Regulations on Degree Granting of East China Jiaotong University, and be conducted by public defense. East China Jiaotong University, located in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, was originally affiliated to the Ministry of Railways. It is a "double-building" university between China Railway Corporation and Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, State Railway Administration and Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, and it is also a "basic capacity building project" for universities in the central and western regions.