The object of state grants is full-time undergraduates with special financial difficulties in ordinary colleges and universities. State grants are designed to support the living expenses of students with special financial difficulties. The standard is 150 yuan per person per month, and it is distributed in 10 months every year, which subsidizes about 533,000 students each year.

The national scholarship is aimed at full-time undergraduates with financial difficulties and excellent academic performance. The amount of national scholarship is 4,000 yuan per person per year, and 50,000 students are supported each year.