An Overall Evaluation of the Chinese Admission System

Abstract

In the last two decades, China has experienced a radical shift in its admission system to the Chinese parallel mechanism, which is expected to provide a better allocation of existing educational resources, and also improve the admission outcome. In this paper, an overall assessment of the current matching system has been made in an attempt to test the effectiveness of this major transition. At the same time, this paper compares the admission policy in China and in foreign countries to give a further evaluation of the overall performance of the China parallel mechanism. From the currently available data and statistics, the new admission system is proven to bring significant improvements in the admission outcome. This paper may offer some references for the demonstration of new admission system and the reform of Chinese admission policies.