For a period of time before the resumption of the college entrance examination, universities did not have the right to recruit students for the society, and basically stopped enrolling students and could only accept recommended students.

The way to go to college is "recommended by workers, peasants and soldiers". There are not enough students in universities. Workers, peasants, graduates of workers and peasants, and cadres of accelerated middle schools can go to college without any written examination as long as they have the recommended conditions.