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Regulations of the Peoples Republic of China on Academic Degrees (Adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National Peoples Congress and promulgated by Order No.4 of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress on February 12, 1980;and amended in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Regulations of the Peoples Republic of China on Academic Degrees adopted at the 11th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National Peoples Congress on August 28, 2004) Article 1 These Regulations are formulated for the purpose of promoting the growth of specialized personnel, helping to raise the academic level of various branches of learning and promoting the development of education and science in our country, in order to meet the needs of the socialist modernization. Article 2 Any citizen who supports the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system and has attained certain academic standards may apply for an appropriate academic degree in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. Article 3 Academic degrees shall be of three grades: the bachelors degree, the masters degree and the doctors degree. Article 4 The bachelors degree shall be conferred on graduates from institutions of higher learning who have good academic records and have attained the following academic standards: (1) having a relatively good grasp of basic theories, specialized knowledge and basic skills in the discipline concerned; and (2) having initially acquired the ability to undertake scientific research or to engage in a special technical work. Article 5 The masters degree shall be conferred on postgraduates in institutions of higher learning or scientific research institutes or persons with qualifications equivalent to postgraduates on graduation, who have passed examinations in the required courses for the masters degree and successfully defended their dissertations and have attained the following