China News Service, March 15. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, recently, the Ministry of Education, the Central Editorial Office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the "Administrative Measures for National Competitions for Primary and Middle School Students", emphasizing that any school, student and Parents adhere to the principle of voluntary participation in competitions, and shall not force or induce any schools, students or parents to participate in competitions; competitions and the results of competitions shall not be used as the basis for enrollment in primary and secondary schools.

  The "Administrative Measures" consists of general provisions, application conditions, identification procedures, organizational requirements, and daily supervision.

Among them, the general rules put forward the overall management principles for the competition; the application conditions clarified the conditions that the organizer of the competition should have and the materials required for the application; the certification process clarified the Ministry of Education and other departments to identify and review the competition activities. Time node; organization requirements have made detailed regulations on the registration, selection of experts, proposition scoring, evaluation and evaluation, and public announcement of the competition organizer in the process of competition organization, and make it clear that the competition and the results of the competition will not act The basis of primary school enrollment is strictly prohibited from charging any fees; daily supervision emphasizes the daily management requirements of competition activities, and clarifies the departmental responsibilities and task division of investigating and punishing illegal competition activities.

  The "Administrative Measures" emphasize that any school, student or parent adheres to the principle of voluntary participation in the competition.

The organization of the competition should achieve the "eight musts"——

  One is to adhere to public welfare and not for profit:

  Second, the work of the competition shall not be entrusted or authorized;

  The third is that any unit, organization or individual shall not charge students or schools with various fees, so as to achieve "zero fees";

  Fourth, it is not allowed to designate the transportation, hotel, restaurant and other ancillary services when participating in the competition;

  Fifth, it is not allowed to collect fees in disguise by organizing training, study tours, winter camps, summer camps, etc. related to the competition for participating students;

  Sixth, not to sell or disguised sales of materials, books, auxiliary tools, equipment, materials and other commodities;

  Seventh, no training shall be provided for participating students, parents or teachers;

  Eighth, it is not allowed to charge fees in violation of regulations to conduct graded examinations in the name of competitions.

  The "Administrative Measures" shall come into force on the date of issuance.

On September 13, 2018, the "Administrative Measures for National Competitions for Primary and Middle School Students (Trial)" will be abolished immediately.