According to the notice recently issued by the Ministry of Education, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, this autumn, China will implement the same charging standard for overseas Chinese students who have been admitted to domestic universities. China's long-standing "dual-track system" of tuition fees for overseas Chinese students and domestic students is about to close. Tuition is at least less than before 1/2. According to the new charging standard, the tuition fees of overseas Chinese students will be greatly reduced. Jinan University and Huaqiao University have the largest number of overseas Chinese students in China. Xie, deputy director of the Admissions Office of Jinan University, told the reporter that compared with students in Taiwan Province Province who have achieved the same fees as mainland students, the tuition fees of overseas Chinese students will be saved by 1/2 to 2/3. It is understood that currently studying in Jinan University, the average annual tuition fee for each overseas Chinese student is about1.65,438+0,000 yuan. After the implementation of the new charging standard, each student can save 5,000 to 7,000 yuan per year. In Huaqiao University, the average annual tuition fee for each overseas Chinese student is about 8,800 yuan. According to the new charging standard, each student can save about half a year. In addition to lowering tuition fees, the state will also increase investment in scholarships for overseas students in China. CoCo Lee, director of the Higher Education Department of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, told reporters that before this, the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office had set up scholarships at Jinan University and Huaqiao University to help and encourage overseas Chinese students to study in domestic universities. After the tuition fee adjustment, the central government will also allocate special funds to set up scholarships in colleges and universities. At present, relevant rules are being worked out. CoCo Lee told reporters that China's policy towards overseas students from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and China is consistent. Therefore, it is logical that the mainland decided to charge students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao the same fees as mainland students, and then let overseas Chinese students enjoy the same treatment. According to CoCo Lee, in April this year, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, together with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and other relevant departments, conducted a detailed study and consultation on this issue. In early August, a notice about overseas China students charging the same fees as domestic students was officially released. CoCo Lee said that the goal of achieving the same tuition fees for overseas China students as those for domestic students is to encourage them to study in China. Considering the actual training cost of colleges and universities, after the fee reduction, the state finance and some local finance will subsidize colleges and universities that recruit overseas Chinese students, with a standard of 8,000 yuan per student per academic year. CoCo Lee said that after the implementation of the new policy, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office will strictly supervise the implementation together with relevant departments, and relevant universities shall not charge overseas Chinese students in disguised form or open new charging items. In the interview, CoCo Lee also stressed that in recent years, a large number of new immigrants from China have emigrated overseas. If their children want to go back to China to study and enjoy preferential policies in the future, they need to pay attention to the issue of identification: "First, the student must hold a China passport; Second, students must obtain long-term or permanent residency abroad. The residence document must be certified by the embassy of China in its country of residence and show that the student has lived in the local area for 2 years. " Jinan Huada ushered in the peak of enrollment. As "equal fees" will be implemented for the first time this autumn, it is impossible to assess the impact of this policy on the enrollment of overseas China students. However, when talking about whether it will attract more overseas Chinese students to return to China, Zhuang Zhihui, deputy director of the Information Office of Huaqiao University, is obviously confident. "After we announced that we would charge students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao the same fees as mainland students, the number of students applying for Huaqiao University in these areas has greatly increased. In my opinion, imposing the same fees on overseas China students will also increase the attraction of schools to them. Now it seems that the overall enrollment trend of Huaqiao University is still relatively good, which will make us more motivated to work! " Deputy Director Xie of the Admissions Office of Jinan University also told the reporter that Jinan University ushered in the peak of overseas enrollment after announcing the implementation of equal fees for students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. "The total number of international students enrolled by Jinan University this year is the highest in recent years." Lowering tuition fees is certainly a good thing, but according to the reporter, while welcoming this, some overseas Chinese are also worried. They are worried that the same fees will attract more overseas Chinese children to study in China, which will increase the competition among children and weaken the original advantages of overseas Chinese students to study in China to some extent. Of course, some parents are quite liberal. Mr. Zheng, an overseas Chinese doing business in Italy, said in a telephone interview: "From a realistic point of view, the competition that children will face in the future is bound to become more and more fierce. Only making all preparations is the correct way to meet the challenge ... The child is in middle school, and I may let him go back to China to study in a few years. The key to saving tuition is to let him feel the domestic environment and atmosphere. " (