BOFOOMEN-In 1994, higher education on a trial basis, "merged" admission, the elimination of the state regulation of admission and enrollment plan to take the score gap; colleges and universities increased tuition fees.

In 1999, launched "3 + X" exam subjects in the program, Guangdong was the first to set up and test subjects in the content of the reform; colleges and universities to start large-scale expansion of the number of students; by the state has been "all-inclusive," the teacher professional fees gradually.

In 2001, the lifting of the college entrance examination candidates in the age and marital status "no more than 25-year-old" and "unmarried" restriction; college students work for the first time the full realization of taking on-line.

In 2003, Beijing University, Qinghua 22 colleges and universities have been given 5% of the autonomous right of admission; allow colleges and universities in the Mainland, Hong Kong, part of the autonomous provinces of admission; as a result of hot weather, more than two decades of implementation of the college entrance exam in July period of a month ahead of schedule.

In the same year, China's higher education gross enrollment rate of school-age youth to reach 17%, means that China has started to enter the stage of the popularization of higher education.

In 2004, with the exception of the proposition has been in place for autonomy in Beijing, Shanghai, authorized by the Ministry of Education and Guangdong provinces in the implementation of the 11 self-test proposition.

In March 2007, Premier Wen Jiabao at the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress on his government work report, directly under the Ministry of Education, University of Health to implement free education teacher. Health education teacher free to return to the university campus.