Legal analysis: Preferential payment is a sum of money sent by the state to the parents of conscripts. Generally, conscripts are only given two years, and there is no preferential payment for direct recruitment of non-commissioned officers. In other words, no matter whether college students join the army or other students join the army, as long as they are conscripts and retire after serving for 2 years, they can get preferential treatment. According to different regions, the distribution time will be different.

Legal basis: Article 33 of the Regulations on Pension and Preferential Treatment for Soldiers. During the period of active service, the families of conscripts shall be given preferential payments or other preferential treatment by the local people's government, and the standard of preferential treatment shall not be lower than the local average living standard. According to the Notice on Collecting Preferential Payment for College Students Performing Compulsory Military Service, the preferential payment for their families is paid by the people's government of the county (city, district) where the school is located.