（Adopted at the 11th Meeting of the Standing¹ Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on August 28， 2004）

颁布日期：20040828 　实施日期：20040828 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

　　Order of the President of the people's Republic of China

　　No.27

　　The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National people's Congress on Amending³ the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees， adopted at the 11th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on August 28， 2004， is hereby promulgated⁴ and shall go into effect as of the date of its promulgation⁵.

　　Hu Jintao

　　President of the People's Republic of China

　　August 28， 2004

　　At its 11th Meeting， the Standing Committee of the Tenth National people's Congress decided⁶ to amend² the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees as follows：

　　The second paragraph of Article 9 is revised to read， “A dissertation⁷ committee must include relevant specialists from other units， and the committee members shall be selected and determined⁸ by the degree-conferring unit concerned. A list of the members of the academic degree evaluation⁹ committee shall be decided on by the degree-conferring unit and submitted to the relevant departments of the State Council and the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for the record.”

　　This Decision shall go into effect as of the date of its promulgation.

　　The Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees shall be promulgated anew after the revision is made according to this Decision.

　　Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees

　　（Adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress on February 12， 1980， and amended¹⁰ according to the Decision on Amending the Regulations of People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees， adopted at the 11th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on August 28， 2004）

　　Article 1 These Regulations are formulated¹¹ for the purpose of promoting the growth of specialized¹² personnel， helping¹³ to raise the academic level of various branches of learning and promoting the development of education and science in our country， in order to meet the needs of the socialist¹⁴ modernization¹⁵.

　　Article 2 Any citizen who supports the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system and has attained¹⁶ certain academic standards may apply for an appropriate academic degree in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

　　Article 3 Academic degrees shall be of three grades： the bachelor's degree， the master's degree and the doctor's degree.

　　Article 4 The bachelor's degree shall be conferred on graduates from institutions of higher learning who academic records and have attained the following academic standards：

　　（1）having a relatively¹⁷ good grasp of basic theories， specialized knowledge and basic skills in the discipline concerned； and

　　（2）having initially¹⁸ acquired the ability to undertake scientific research or to engage in a special technical work.

　　Article 5 The master's degree shall be conferred on postgraduates¹⁹ in institutions of higher leaning or scientific research institutes or person with qualifications equivalent to postgraduates on graduation， who have passed examinations in the require courses for the master's degree and successfully defended their dissertations²⁰ and have attained the following academic standards：

　　（1）having a firm grasp of basic theories and systematic²¹， specialized knowledge in the discipline concerned； and

　　（2）having the ability to undertake scientific research or independently to engage in a special technical work.

　　Article 6 The doctor's degree shall be conferred on postgraduates in institutions of higher learning or scientific research institutes or persons with qualifications equivalent to postgraduates on graduation， who have passed examination in the required courses for the doctor's degree and successfully defended their dissertations and have attained the following academic standards：

　　（1）having a firm ad comprehensive grasp of basic theories and profound and systematic specialized knowledge in the discipline concerned；

　　（2）having the ability to undertake independent scientific research； and

　　（3）having made creative achievements in science or in a special technology.

　　Article 7 The State Council shall establish an Academic Degrees Committee to direct the work of conferring academic degrees throughout the country. The Academic Degrees Committee shall consist of a chairman， vice-chairmen and other members. The chairman， vice-chairmen and other members shall be appointed and removed by the State Council.

　　Article 8 The bachelor's degree shall be conferred by those institutions of higher learning authorized²² by the State Council. The master's and doctor's degrees shall be conferred by those institutions f higher learning and scientific research institutes authorized by the State Council.

　　A list or institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutes that may confer academic degrees （hereinafter referred to as “degree-conferring units”）and the disciplines in which academic degrees may be conferred shall be submitted to the State Council by its Academic Degrees Committee for approval and promulgation.

　　Article 9 Each degree-conferring unit shall establish an academic degree evaluation committee and form dissertation committees for the disciplines concerned.

　　A dissertation committee must include relevant specialists from other units， and the committee members shall be selected and determined by the degree-conferring unit concerned. A list of the members of the academic degree evaluation committee shall be decided on by the degree-conferring unit and submitted to the relevant departments of the State Council and the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for the record.

　　Article 10 The dissertation committee shall be responsible for examining the dissertation for master's or doctor's degrees， organizing their oral defence and adopting resolutions whether or not to confer the master's or doctor's degrees. Each resolution shall be adopted by secret ballot²³ and with a two-thirds majority of the committee members supporting and then submitted to the academic degree evaluation committee.

　　The academic degree evaluation committee shall be responsible for examining and approving the list of holders²⁵ of the bachelor's degree and for making a decision whether or not to approve each resolution on the conferment of a master's doctor's degree submitted by the dissertation committee. Each decision shall be adopted by secret ballot and with a simple majority of the committee members supporting. The list of persons to be conferred a master's or doctor's degree shall be submitted to the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council for the record.

　　Article 11 After a resolution to confer an academic degree has been adopted by the academic degree evaluation committee， the degree-conferring unit shall issue an appropriate diploma to the holder²⁴ of the academic degree.

　　Article 12 Postgraduates who have competed their studies in units that are not authorized to confer academic degrees may， upon the recommendation of their respective units， apply to nearby degree-conferring units for academic degrees. They shall be conferred appropriate degrees after their applications have been examined and approved by the degree-conferring units and they have successfully defended their dissertations and attained the academic standards stipulated²⁶ in these Regulations.

　　Article 13 Upon the recommendation of relevant specialists and with the approval of the degree-conferring units， those who have written important works or made inventions， discoveries or other contributions to the development of science or special technologies may be exempt²⁷ from examinations in the required courses for the doctor's degree and may directly take the oral examination on their doctoral dissertations. Those who have successfully defended their dissertations shall be conferred the doctor's degree.

　　Article 14 Distinguished²⁸ scholars and well-known pubic figures， both Chinese and foreign， may be conferred an honorary doctor's degree， upon the nomination²⁹ of a degree-conferring unit and with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council……

　　Article 15 Foreign students studying in China and foreign scholars engaged in research work in China may apply to a degree-conferring unit for academic degrees. Those who have attained eth academic standards stipulated in these Regulations shall be conferred appropriate degrees.

　　Article 16 If an academic body or a unit not authorized to confer academic degrees does not concur³⁰ with a resolution or decision on the conferment of an academic degree， it may address is objection to the degree-conferring unit or the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council， which shall study and deal with the objection thus addressed.

　　Article 17 If irregularities， fraudulent practices or other situations in gross violation³¹ of the provisions of these Regulations are discovered， the degree-conferring unit concerned may revoke³² the degrees already conferred， after reconsideration by its academic degree evaluation committee.

　　Article 18 If it is definitely established that a unit authorized to confer academic degrees has not been able to maintain the academic standards of the academic degrees conferred， the State Council may suspend or revoke its status as a degree-conferring unit.

　　Article 19 Measures for the implementation³³ of these Regulations shall be formulated by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and submitted to the State Council for approval.

　　Article 20 These Regulations shall go into effect as of January 1， 1981.