Important changes to gaokao exam policy

5. Favorable policies for rural students

Students from China's rural and poor areas will continue to enjoy favorable policies when they apply for major universities in 2019.

The poverty-stricken counties entitled to special enrollment plans will continue to enjoy such policies in 2019 even if they have already shaken off poverty.

China's medical colleges will enroll 6,700 rural students this year who will work for rural health centers in central and western China upon graduation.

With financing by the central government, students will enjoy five-year free education in majors including clinical medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Mongolian medicine, traditional Tibetan medicine and traditional Dai ethnic medicine.