The Charter of Communication University of China
Preamble
In 1954, Communication University of China was first founded as a training center for the Central Bureau of Broadcasting Administration in Beijing, and later reestablished into Beijing Broadcasting College for Professional Training in 1958.
In 1959, the College was upgraded as Beijing Broadcasting Institute approved by the State Council. In 2000, the management of the Institute was transferred from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to the Ministry of Education, and later it was identified as one of China’s key universities of “Project 211” in 2001. In 2002, East Beijing Campus of China University of Mining and Technology (previous Beijing Coal Management Cadre College) was integrated into Beijing Broadcasting Institute. In 2004, it was renamed as Communication University of China.
As a profession-oriented university, the University devotes itself to cultivating high-level talents in the field of information dissemination and making contributions to the Party and the State's media industry as well as the economic and social development.
In the future, the University shall adhere taking the connotation development as its main line, to take reform and innovation as its driving force, to take quality promotion as its core, and to take a distinctive and high-level way of development.
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 To protect the University autonomy based on laws, the Charter of Communication University of China is enacted in accordance with the Education Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Higher Education Law of the People’s Republic of China and other relevant laws, regulations and rules.
Article 2 “中国传媒大学” (Zhong Guo Chuan Mei Da Xue) is the official Chinese name and “Communication University of China”, with “CUC” as its abbreviation, is the official English name.
Article 3 The registered address of the University is No.1 Dingfuzhuang East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China. The University website is http://www.cuc.edu.cn .
Article 4 The University is sponsored by the State, with educational administrative department of the State Council as its supervisor. Any merger or termination of the University shall be determined by the State.
Article 5 As a non-profit institution with an independent legal entity, the university independently bears legal liability. The President is the legal representative of the University.
Article 6 The sponsor and supervisor shall support the autonomy of the University in self-running in accordance with laws, regulations and the Charter; provide funding and resources for the University to guarantee its education conditions; appoint and remove the principals in accordance with relevant regulations and apply legislation, planning, funding and other means to manage and supervise the University as well as evaluate the university education quality.
Article 7 The University shall enjoy independent rights in admission, personnel, discipline setup, teaching activities, scientific research, public service, institution setting, international exchange and cooperation and other affairs.
Article 8 The University shall adhere to socialist education and implement educational policies issued by the Party and the State. Facing our society, the University shall operate independently in accordance with laws, implement democratic management and fulfill its social obligations conscientiously.
Chapter II Goals and Missions
Article 9 The University shall be rooted in the media, serve the society, implement an open policy in operation, and build up an internationally renowned and high-level media-oriented university.
Article10 The University shall adhere to connotative development, specialized management, and philosophy of “wholeheartedly seeking quality, consistently pursuing development, devoting all for students”.
Article 11 The University shall take strengthening morality and talents cultivation as its fundamental responsibility, strengthen the political quality and professional ethics of talents in the field of information dissemination, and cultivate practical and creative elites with multi-subject knowledge, strong sense of social responsibility and international vision.
Article 12 The University shall mainly carry out education for full-time undergraduate and graduate students. The University shall provide other forms of education like continuing education to satisfy the social needs and implement education service for the community by providing online education and other modern distance education.
Article 13 The University shall practice the educational concept and model of “Learning in the whole campus, performing on the grand media stage”, and strategically combine theoretical teaching, professional practice and campus cultural activities to achieve universal, all-round, whole-process and whole-space education.
Article14 The University shall serve the State’s developmental strategies, create a new type of culture and media think tank with Chinese characteristics, and provide intellectual support for national and local economic and social development.
Article15 The University shall inherit and carry forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, absorb and draw on the excellent achievements of human civilization, strive to promote the cultural inheritance and innovation, and flourish the development of socialist culture.
Article16 The University shall vigorously carry out high-level and wide-range international exchanges and cooperation, promote the internationalization of higher media education, and continuously enhance the international higher education level.
Article17 The University shall stick to the idea of “moving fundamental disciplines into the mainstream and the superior disciplines into first-class” in discipline construction, strengthen the construction of fundamental disciplines, consolidate status of dominant disciplines, intensify the characteristics of “focused integration” in the field of information dissemination, and form a coordinately multi-disciplinary system which focuses on journalism and communication, film and television arts, as well as information science and telecommunication engineering.
Chapter III Governance Structure
Article18 The University shall adopt the governance model which is led by the Chinese Communist Party Committee of CUC, which empowers the University’s President to take full responsibility.
Article 19 The University’s Party Committee shall serve as the core leadership of the University and perform its own duties in accordance with the laws and the regulations of the Chinese Communist Party. The University’s Party Committee shall guide the University’s development orientation, make decisions on major issues, oversee major decisions, support the President independently and responsibly performing his or her duties, and ensure the fulfillment of all talent cultivation tasks.
The University’s Party Committee’s primary duties are as follows:
(1) to comprehensively implement the Party’s lines, principles, policies and the education guideline, the University shall keep running the university in a socialism-oriented way, stick to taking high value of morality and talent cultivation, and keep governing the University according to the laws. The University shall promote its development by relying on all faculty, staff and students, foster students in all-round development, and help them become qualified builders and reliable successors for the socialism with Chinese characteristics;
(2) to discuss major issues and basic management systems concerning the University reforms, development, and stability as well as teaching, scientific research and administrative management;
(3) to adhere to the principle of managing cadres under the leadership of the Party, the University’s Party Committee shall be responsible for the selection, education, cultivation, assessment and supervision of cadres in accordance with its authority; to discuss and decide the establishment of internal institutions and their director candidates thereof; to recommend leading cadres and reserve cadres in accordance with the relevant procedures; and to reasonably arrange the work for retired cadres;
(4) to adhere to the principle of managing talents under the leadership of the Party; to discuss and make decisions on plans and policies concerning personnel issues; to innovate the talents fostering system and mechanism; to optimize growing-up environment for talents; and to arrange and advance the construction of various talents teams;
(5) to provide guidance for ideological and political work and moral education in the University; to adhere to the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics to arm the teachers and students; to cultivate and implement core socialist values; to firmly hold the leadership, management, and discourse power over the ideological of the University; and to safeguard the security and stability of the University and promote the construction of the harmonious campus;
(6) to strengthen the University’s cultural construction, give full play to its educational function and develop a sound university spirit, study and teaching style;
(7) to strengthen the leadership of the grass-roots party organizations; to develop, educate, manage, and serve the Party members properly; to develop inner-party democracy at grass-roots level; to give full play to the bastions role of grass-roots party organizations and the vanguard role of party members; to strengthen the self-construction of the University’s Party Committee;
(8) to lead the discipline inspection of the University Party and fulfill the leading responsibility of building a transparent and honest administration in the University, and promote the establishment of a punishing and preventing system towards corruption;
(9) to lead organizations such as the Labor Union, the Communist Youth League, the Students’ Union, and the Faculty and Staff Congress of the University, and guide the United Front effectively;
(10) to discuss and decide on other major issues related to the faculty, staff, and students’ vital interests.
The University’s Party Committee shall practice the combined system of both collective leadership and individual responsibility and adhere to democratic centralism. Major issues and critical matters are decided by discussion of the Committee. The members of the university-level leadership shall perform their duties in accordance with their respective work.
The Secretary of the University’s Party Committee shall preside over the comprehensive work of the Party Committee, be responsible for organizing important activities of the Party Committee, coordinate the work of Party Committee leaders, supervise and check the implementation of the Party Committee Resolution, coordinate the working relationship between the Party Committee and the President actively, and support the President’s work.
Between the plenary sessions of the University’s Party Committee, its Standing Committee shall perform the duties thereof.
Article 20 The China Communist Party Discipline Inspection Commission of CUC is an inner-party supervisory institution. Under the leadership of both the University’s Party Committee and higher-discipline inspection commission, the Commission shall perform the following duties: to supervise the implementation of the Party’s lines, principles, policies, resolutions and important decisions by the University; to assist the University’s Party Committee in building a clean and transparent university and fighting against corruption; and to safeguard and promote the sound development of all undertakings of the University.
Article 21 The President shall implement the Party's education policy, organize and implement the relevant resolutions of the University’s Party Committee, exercise authority which is prescribed by Higher Education Law and other laws under the leadership of the University’s Party Committee. The President shall undertake the overall responsibility for teaching, scientific research, and administrative management of the University, whose duties are as follows:
(1) to draft and implement the University development plans, basic management system, important administrative regulations and rules, major teaching and research reform measures and important allocation scheme of teaching resources; formulate specific rules, regulations and annual work plans, and arrange for their implementation;
(2) to draw up and implement plans for the University internal organizations and institutions, nominate the Vice-President candidates, and appoint and remove the heads of institutions in accordance with the relevant national laws and the regulations on selection and appointment of cadres;
(3) to formulate and implement development plans for human resources, significant talents policies and major talents projects in the University, take charge of the construction of faculty team, and employ and dismiss teachers and other internal staff according to relevant regulations;
(4) to formulate and implement the major basic construction plans and the annual appropriation budget of the University, strengthen financial management and auditing supervision, and manage and protect university assets;
(5) to organize and implement teaching activities and scientific researches, innovate talents training mechanism, improve the quality of talent cultivation, encourage innovation in cultural inheritance, serve national and local economic and social development, and strive to make the University top-notch with distinctive characteristics;
(6) to organize ideological and moral education, manage the registration and records of the students, and award students as well as imposing penalty, and carry out admission and employment;
(7) to deal with the issues concerning university security, stability, and logistical support;
(8) to organize and conduct international exchange and cooperation, sign cooperation agreements on behalf of the University with governments at all levels, social circles and overseas institutions in accordance with the laws, and accept social donations;
(9) to report to the University’s Party Committee on the implementation of major resolutions, report to the Faculty and Staff Congress, organize and deal with proposals of the Faculty and Staff Congress, the Student Congress, the Labor Union Members Representative Assembly and the Communist Youth League Congress which are related to administrative affairs, and support party organizations at all levels, grass-roots democratic parties, mass organizations, and academic groups to carry out their work;
(10) to fulfill other responsibilities stipulated in laws, regulations, and this Charter.
The President’s Administrative Meeting is the decision-making body for administrative affairs of the University. It proposes plans on important matters to be discussed and decided by the University’s Party Committee, deploys and implements related measures of the University’s Party Committee resolutions, and handles teaching, research, and administrative management affairs.
The President’s Administrative Meeting shall be held and presided over by President. Vice presidents and president assistants shall participate in the meeting. Director of Supervision shall attend the meeting. The meeting agenda shall be proposed by the leadership team of the University and determined by President. The Secretary of the University’s Party Committee, Deputy Party Secretary and the Secretary of Commission for Discipline Inspection shall participate in the meeting depending on the agendas.
Article 22 The Academic Committee shall be established in charge of policy-making, deliberation, evaluation, and consultation in academic activities of the University. The Academic Committee is the highest academic institution which performs the following duties:
(1) to deliberate or decide the following affairs: the University’s projects on disciplines, specialties, faculty development and important academic plans on scientific research and international academic exchange and cooperation; the independent establishment or application of disciplines; and the academic qualification and bylaws of faculty rank appointment and other affairs;
(2) to evaluate the following matters: the awards of teaching and scientific research as well as recommendation of achievement awards for teaching and scientific research; independent establishment of various awards for academic, research funds and projects as well as teaching, scientific research awards and other affairs;
(3) to offer consultation suggestions on the following decision-makings: the important and overall development plans and strategies concerning academic affairs; the arrangement, allocation, and utilization of funds for teaching and scientific research in the budget and final accounts of the University;
(4) to deal with the tip-offs of academic misconducts, and to conduct an investigation and adjudicate academic disputes;
(5) to give advice on the other matters of the Academic Committee upon the request of the University;
The Academic Committee shall be composed of professors and other senior-professionals from different academic disciplines and specialties in the University. The number of the committee members shall be matched with the disciplines and specialties. Those holding Party and administrative leading positions of the University and functional institutions shall not exceed one quarter of the total. At least one half of the members shall be professors without holding Party and administrative leading positions, or heads of academic and scientific research institutions.
The Academic Committee shall have one chairperson nominated by President and elected by all the committee members.
The tenure system shall be applied to the the Academic Committee members, who hold the office for a four-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than two terms of office consecutively. The number of two-term commissioners shall not be more than two-thirds of the total commissioners.
The Academic Committee shall establish the branch committees as required, which perform duties thereof.
Article 23 The Academic Degree Evaluation Committee shall be established in charge of degree conferring and other related affairs of the University in accordance with laws.
(1) to decide on the approval for conferring degrees for bachelor, master and doctor;
(2) to approve the nomination of honorary doctor degree;
(3) to deliberate the application of disqualification for a degree and decide on revoking a degree;
(4) to arbitrate disputes of degree awarding;
(5) to give advice on the other matters of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee upon the request of the University.
The members of the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee shall be selected according to the disciplines and specialties, and the President shall serve as the chairperson. The tenure system shall be applied to commissioners, who hold the office for a four-year term and can be re-elected but cannot serve more than two terms of office consecutively.
The branch committee shall be established in the Academic Degree Evaluation Committee as required, and perform duties thereof.
Article 24 The Advisory Committee of Undergraduate Education shall be established in charge of offering suggestions for the curriculum development and daily teaching operation of undergraduate education and carry out work in accordance with its own Charters.
Article 25 The Advisory Committee of Graduate Education shall be established in charge of offering suggestions for cultivation plan making and cultivation process management, and shall perform its duties according to its own Charters.
Article 26 The Teaching Supervisory Committee shall be established and be responsible for the supervision, inspection, evaluation and guidance of undergraduate and graduate education, and shall perform its duties in accordance with its own Charters.
Article 27 The Professional Title Evaluation and Appointment Committee shall be established to evaluate and appoint series of professional titles, and shall perform its duties in accordance with relevant bylaws.
Article 28 The Faculty and Staff Congress shall be established as a fundamental means for the faculty and staff to participate in democratic management and supervision of the University. The Faculty and Staff Congress shall perform the following duties:
(1) to listen to the report of the University Charter formulation and revision, and propose amendment suggestions;
(2) to listen to the reports of solutions concerning the University development plan, the construction of faculty team, the education reforms, the campus construction and other significant issues, and to put forward suggestions;
(3) to listen to the annual report, financial report, Labor Union report and other special project reports of the University, and put forward suggestions;
(4) to discuss the decisions proposed by the University about the welfare directly related to the benefits of faculty and staff, the internal resource distribution plan, and the corresponding ways of faculty and staff appointment, evaluation, award and punishment;
(5) to deliberate the handling report of the proposals put forward by the last Faculty and Staff Congress;
(6) to deliberate the University leaders according to relevant provisions and arrangements;
(7) to put forward suggestions through different means for the University’s work, and supervise the practicability of the Charter and regulations and decisions of the University;
(8) to discuss over issues stipulated by laws, regulations and rules, as well as affairs stipulated by the University.
The detailed implementation rules of the Faculty and Staff Congress shall be formulated. Faculty and Staff Congress shall perform its duties in accordance with relevant regulations.
Article 29 The Council shall be established in the University. The Council is an institution in charge of consultation, negotiation, deliberation and supervision and it is composed of representatives caring and supporting the development of the University from all sectors. The Council serves as an important organizational form and institution platform for the University to achieve scientific policy-making, democratic supervision and public participation.
Article 30 The Party and administration functional institutions, directly affiliated institutions, educational and scientific research institutions shall be established by the University as needed. All the institutions shall perform their duties of management, safeguarding and service according to the authorization of the University.
Article 31 The supervision and auditing institution shall be established by the University and the university shall independently exercise the authority of supervision and auditing.
Article 32 The University shall support and guarantee the Labor Union, the Communist Youth League and other mass organizations to carry out their work independently in accordance with their respective Charters.
Article 33 The University’s democratic parties and social groups shall carry out activities and participate in democratic management and supervision in accordance with their respective Charters.
Chapter IV Teaching and Research Institutions
Article 34 The University shall adopt the internal management system with a dual-level administration system between the University and faculties, centers and directly affiliated schools (faculties).
Faculties, centers and directly affiliated schools (faculties) have the functions of academic and administrative management, with their internal organizations acting as the operation bodies of teaching, scientific research and other work.
Article 35 The University shall establish faculties according to categories of disciplines or broad categories, and under special circumstances establish faculties according to first-level disciplines. The University shall establish a minority of directly affiliated schools (faculties) in accordance with the particularity of the disciplines, specialties and duties of some teaching units.
Article36 The faculties, centers and directly affiliated schools(faculties) shall perform the following duties:
(1) to organize and lead teaching, scientific research, public service and other work of their respective institutions;
(2) to improve the developing system of undergraduate and graduate students as well as improving the quality of talents cultivation;
(3) to organize the faculty team construction in their respective institutions;
(4) to plan and coordinate the establishment of disciplines, and set academic evaluation standards for their respective discipline fields;
(5) to optimize resources allocation, plan major research projects and the construction of interdisciplinary subjects’ platform as a whole; and carry out international exchanges and cooperation;
(6) to manage and use the funds and assets approved and allocated by the University.
Article 37 Deans of the faculties, Directors of centers and Deans of directly affiliated schools (faculties) shall be the chief executives and be fully responsible for teaching, scientific research, administrative management of their respective institutions.
Article 38 The Party Committee of faculties, centers and directly affiliated schools (faculties) shall perform the following duties:
(1) to publicize and implement the Party’s lines, principles and policies as well as the decisions of the University, and play the role of guarantee and supervision for their implementation.
(2) to discuss and decide on major affairs of their respective institutions through the institutions’ Party and Administrative Joint Meeting; and support the leadership of the administration and heads of their respective institutions to carry out work independently and conscientiously within the scope of their duties and functions;
(3) to strengthen the ideological, organizational, moral and system constructions, and combat corruption and uphold integrity; and give specific work instructions for the Party branches;
(4) to lead the ideological and political work of their respective institutions;
(5) to handle the education and management of Party cadres of their respective institutions;
(6) to lead the Labor Union, the Communist Youth League Committee, the Students’ Union and other mass organizations as well as the Faculty and Staff Congress.
Article 39 The Party and Administrative Joint Meeting in the faculties, centers, direct-affiliated schools is the basic system and primary form of deliberation and decision process. The meeting discusses and decides on major issues under the rules of related procedures
Article40 The University shall establish independent scientific research institutions affiliated to the University as needed. The institutions undertake the tasks of scientific research, talents cultivation and public service by the authority of the University and other relevant bylaws.
Chapter V Faculty and Staff
Article41 Faculty and staff of the University are composed of teachers, professionals and technical staffs, administrative staffs, workers and logistics staffs. The faculty and staff shall be classified and managed by technical posts, managing posts and logistic posts in the University.
Article 42 The University shall carry out performance evaluations for faculty and staff at regular terms and the evaluation outcome shall be the basis of appointment, promotion, turnover, rewards and punishment.
Article 43 The University shall handle the management and service work of the emeritus and the retired in accordance with the relevant national regulations.
Article 44 Faculty and staff shall enjoy the following rights:
(1) to employ public resources of the University in accordance with their job duties and requirements;
(2) to acquire necessary accesses to job opportunities and conditions for self-improvement in a fair manner;
(3) to receive equitable evaluation on ethics, competence and achievement;
(4) to be informed of the reform, construction, development and other major issues of the university which concern their vital interests;
(5) to participate in democratic management processes and offer comments and suggestions on the University affairs；
(6) to express objections or lodge appeals on matters of employment, welfare benefits, evaluation and awards, disciplinary penalty and other affairs;
(7) other rights prescribed by laws, regulations and rules.
Article 45 Faculty and staff shall perform the following duties:
(1)to abide by the Constitution, laws and regulations;
(2)to comply with the rules and bylaws of the University;
(3)to fulfill the obligations of their positions, comply with professional ethics and work with diligence;
(4)to respect and care about students, be a role model of integrity, and educate students through teaching, administration and service;
(5) to observe and comply with academic norms and ethics;
(6)to cherish, maintain, and protect the University’s reputation and interests; and
(7)to fulfill other obligations as prescribed by the laws, rules and regulations.
Article 46 Teachers shall be the leading force of the education in the University. The University shall provide necessary conditions and guarantees for them to conduct teaching, scientific research, social service and other activities.
Article 47 The University shall adhere to the high morality of teachers, pay attention to moral incentives and assessments. Teachers who fail in the moral assessments shall be applied “one vote veto” in teacher ranks (titles) appointment, post-employment, awards assessments and other links.
Article48 The income growth mechanism of the faculty and staff shall be established with the level of the University’s own development, to perfect the salary system and guarantee the reasonable welfare of the faculty and staff in accordance with the relevant national regulations.
Article 49 The Faculty and Staff Compliant Committee shall be established in the University, and the mechanism for protecting faculty and staff’s rights shall be improved to safeguard their lawful rights and interests.
Article 50 Distinguished professors, chair professors, adjunct professors, honorary professors, visiting professors, visiting scholars, training teachers and other forms of being employed faculty and staff shall enjoy the corresponding rights and fulfill obligations as stated in the relevant bylaws or contracts when they are engaged in teaching, researching and other activities in the University.
Chapter VI Students
Article 51 Students refer to those who have acquired enrollment qualifications, and have been enrolled through legal procedures and have been registered by the University.
As for those who do not have maintained school rolls, their rights and obligations shall be determined in accordance with the relevant admission requirements, training agreements and so on.
The University shall recruit, train and manage adult students of higher education, foreign students, and students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas students in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 52 The University shall adjust the admission proportion of different undergraduate majors and various types of graduate, and delimit professional examination scores and cultural examination admission scores of the art undergraduate students independently in accordance with national policies.
The Admission Committee shall be established in the University, follow the principles of openness, fairness and impartiality, and set up standards and procedures of self-selection admission, merit-admission students with innovative potential and academic expertise.
Article 53 The University shall regularly hold opening and graduation ceremonies, occasionally hold school anniversary and award ceremony, and give full play to the education role of ceremonies.
Article 54 Students in school shall enjoy the following rights:
(1) to participate in different activities arranged by the University education and teaching plan, and use education and teaching resources provided by the University
(2) to participate in social service and part-time job, organize or join in student groups as well as cultural, art and sports activities on campus;
(3) to apply for scholarships, stipends and student loans, share guidance and assistance concerning job hunting or business start-up offered by the University;
(4) to receive fair evaluation in terms of ethics and academic performance as well as being awarded with corresponding academic certificates and degree certificates after reaching the academic requirements.;
(5) to appeal to the University for disputes concerning disciplinary punishment and decisions;
(6) to enjoy other rights as prescribed by the laws, rules and regulations.
Article 55 Students shall perform the following duties during school:
(1) to abide by the Constitution, laws and regulations;
(2) to abide by the University’s administrative regulations;
(3) to study diligently and complete study as scheduled;
(4) to pay for tuition fee and related expenses as stipulated and fulfill relevant obligations to obtain loans and grants;
(5) to comply with the Student Codes of Conduct, respect teachers, cultivate good morality and proper conduct;
(6) to fulfill other obligations prescribed by the laws, rules and regulations.
Article 56 The University recognizes or awards individual students or groups for making outstanding achievements or credit for the University, and imposes due disciplinary penalty to the students who violate the rules and regulations of the University.
Article 57 The University sets up a complete financial supporting system for students, help those with financial problems or sudden mishaps and guarantee those students to finish their study.
Article 58 The Student Representative Council and the Graduate Representative Council are important means for students to participate in democratic management and oversight in the University, by which they exercise their powers and perform their duties in accordance with respective Charters.
Article 59 The University shall provide a mechanism to protect the lawful rights and interests for students by establishing a complete structure to deal with students’ complaints.
Chapter VII Funds and Assets
Article 60 The University operating funds are mainly from the financial allocation of government and education revenues. The University shall establish a sound diversification and multi-channel system to finance education funds in accordance with the law.
Article 61 The University shall establish a collective financial system under unified leadership and concentrated management, unify financial rules and regulations, and centralize financial budget of revenue and expenditure and accounting.
Article 62 The University shall establish a sound state-owned asset management system to optimize resources allocation, improve its utilization effectiveness and achieve asset value preservation. The University shall legally protect and utilize the University’s name, identity and other intangible property.
Article 63 The University shall establish internal audit and economic accountability system to audit, supervise and evaluate the University economic activities, and accept the supervision and inspection of relevant state agencies.
Article 64 The University shall improve logistic support systems to provide high-quality logistic service for the study, work and life of faculty, staff and students.
Chapter VIII The University and the Society
Article 65 The University shall actively expand the education service, and make contribution to the mass higher education, and lifelong education system and learning-oriented society.
Article 66 The University shall establish the Education Development Foundation, accept donations from society, and manage donated projects and funds to support the University's development.
Article 67 The University shall deepen the cooperation of “government, enterprises, universities, research institutes and users”, and promote the socialization and industrialization of scientific research achievements which are encouraged to put into education practice.
Article 68 The University pays attention to the development of college enterprises and exercises rights through setting up an asset management company. Various industrial subjects the University established or participated in shall establish a modern enterprise system with a clarified ownership, clear responsibilities and rights, independent operation and scientific management.
Article 69 The University shall proactively establish relations with prestigious domestic and international universities and institutes to introduce advanced education resources and develop deep communication and cooperation.
Article 70 Alumni refers to the students or trainees who have ever studied or worked for more than three months in the University during all different historical periods, as well as all faculty and staff.
Article 71 The University sets up Alumni Association to unite and serve for all the alumni, which shall give priority to providing the alumni with further education and other services, and encourage their participation in the development of the University.
Chapter IX University Identity
Article 72 The University’s motto is “Integrity, Professionalism, Erudition and Competence”.
Article 73 The University Emblem includes the University Badge and Logo. The University Badge is red with white characters and yellow border for faculty and staff, white with scarlet characters and yellow border for students.
The University Logo consists of three pen nibs with colors of red, green and blue and three concentric circles of different radii. The University’s English name COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY OF CHINA is above the outer ring, while the Chinese name 中国传媒大学is below.
The Logo Picture:
Article 74 The University Flag is a red rectangular flag. White Chinese name and English name of CUC are placed in the middle and the University badge is on the top left corner.
The Flag Picture:
Article 75 The University Song is “A Row of Young Poplar on Campus” with lyrics written by Ye Yanbin and music composed by Liu Tianli.
Article 76 The University anniversary is September 7th.
Chapter X Supplementary Provisions
Article 77 The formulation and amendment of the Charter shall be submitted to the Faculty and Staff Congress for discussion, examined by the President’s Administrative Meeting, decided by the University Party Committee Plenary Meeting, and ultimately submitted to the educational administrative department of the State Council for approval.
Article 78 The Charter shall be the basic norm of the University. Other rules and regulations within the University shall be formulated and amended in accordance with the Charter and shall not be inconsistent with this charter.
Article 79 The University Party Committee reserves the right of interpretation for this Charter.
Article 80 The Charter shall go into effect from the date of being issued after the approval.
