Open door to poor students

Tsinghua University declared on Tuesday that it will introduce preferential policies for students from the country's poverty-stricken areas this year.

All the high schools in the 592 poverty-stricken counties defined by the central government will be allowed to nominate one of their students for Tsinghua University. The qualification grades for their enrollment will be lower than their peers from cities and rich rural areas.

Since the country's higher learning institutes were given more freedom to recruit students, they have set their eyes on urban students because they are considered better quality.