Top biz school to pick students independently

BEIJING - China's top business school will start independent admission, with a focus on taking in more students from rural areas in its undergraduate program.

The Guanghua School of Management at Peking University will enroll 30 to 50 students through its newly launched independent admission program in 2012, said Gong Liutang, associate dean of the school, during a news conference on Wednesday.

"Among them we hope to have 30 percent from rural areas, making 15 to 20 percent of the school total," he said, adding rural students comprised less than 10 percent of the total numbers in the school at the moment.