Procedures of ShangHai Municipality on the Administration of Joint Operation of Schooling in ShangHai by Institutions and Individuals from Outside Mainland China (Revised in 1997)
Procedures of ShangHai Municipality on the Administration of Joint Operation of Schooling in ShangHai by Institutions and Individuals from Outside Mainland China (Revised in 1997)
Procedures of ShangHai Municipality on the Administration of Joint Operation of Schooling in ShangHai by Institutions and Individuals from Outside Mainland China (Revised in 1997)
Order of Shanghai Municipal Government [1997] No.53
December 14, 1997
(Promulgated by Order of Shanghai Municipal Government [1993] No.56 on December 26, 1993, and Re-sed and Re-promulgated by Order of Shanghai Municipal Government [1997] No.53 on December 14, 1997)
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 These Procedures are enacted, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State and in the light of the specific circumstances in Shanghai, for the purpose of strengthening the administration of joint operation of schooling in Shanghai by institutions and individuals from outside mainland China.
Article 2 The term "joint operation of schooling by institutions and individuals from outside mainland China" (hereinafter referred to as Joint Operation of Schooling) used in these Procedures refers to the operation of schooling for officially recognized education and non- officially-recognized education, except compulsory education, by institutions and individuals from outside mainland China with domestic institutions through co-investment or other forms of cooperation, and jointly taking part in teaching and management.
The term "institutions and individuals from outside mainland China" refers to any institutions and individuals except religious institutions and clergymen from outside mainland China.
The "officially recognized education" mentioned in Section 1 of this Article refers to the education for which the certificate of formal schooling or the certificate of academic degree recognized by the Chinese Government shall be issued.
Article 3 The joint operation of schooling shall abide by the laws, regulations and rules issued by the People's Republic of China, and meet the basic requirements of the educational quality stipulated by the government.
The legal rights and interests of the coordinators in the joint operation of schooling shall be protected by the law.
Article 4 The Shanghai Municipal Education and Labor Administration Departments shall be in charge of the unified administration of joint operation of schooling.
The District or County Education and Labor Administration Departments shall be in charge of the administration of joint operation of schooling in their respective regions according to one's own responsibility.
Article 5 The jointly operated school shall accept the supervision, inspection, guidance and appraisal of the education and labor administration departments.
CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION OF THE SETTING UP OF JOINT OPERATION OF
Article 6 Application for joint operation of schooling shall meet the following requirements:
1. To define the form of cooperation that shall be conducted by Chinese and foreign coordinators;
2. To set up a board of directors with its chairman and directors determined; no less than half of the board members shall come from the Chinese side;
3. To have Chinese citizens act as the legal representative and the president of the jointly operated school;
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