Expert Criticizes Capital for Using Education Policies to Rein in Population Growth

(Beijing) – The government of the capital wants the universities and colleges it controls to admit fewer students lacking Beijing household registration papers, a move one expert says will hurt the development of educational institutions.

Education authorities in Beijing told universities and colleges to recruit only 83,000 new students this year, 1,000 fewer than last year. It also told them to cut the number of students they admit who do not have a Beijing hukou, or household registration paperwork.