Section One: General Provisions
1. In order to strengthen and regulate the management of international students’ behavior and maintain a beneficial studying environment and orderly living conditions, these regulations are given in accordance with the practice of our school as well as the Ministry of Education’s “Provisions on Administration of Students of Standard Institutes for Higher Education” and “Measures of Administration for the Recruitment and Cultivation of International Students.”
2. These regulations are applicable to all international students currently studying at this university.
3. All violations will be disciplined in accordance with these regulations during the period of study whether on or off school grounds.
4. In giving punishment, the school shall persist in disciplinary and correctional actions in accordance to the nature and seriousness of the illicit behaviour of international students, as well as to insure that the facts are clear, the evidence is complete, the processes are appropriate, the propositions are justified, and the discipline is suitable.
5. The types of disciplinary punishments for international students in order of severity are:
I) Warning
II) Severe warning
III) Demerit
IV) Supervised detention
V) Expulsion
6. If an international student commits an offence not significant enough to give punishment, the college, department, or management unit of that student will be responsible for providing disciplinary education and criticism. If the offence is significant, being more than that of a severe warning, the school may circulate criticism according to the actual circumstances.
7. If the international student is found in one of the following circumstances with little to no harmful consequences, a lighter punishment may be taken:
VI) Initiating confession of wrongdoing, and having a profound understanding of the situation, showing repentance;
VII) Being bullied or threatened by others, and is able to expose it;
VIII) Actively preventing possible serious consequences of actions from occurring;
IX) Other situations where light punishment is suitable.
8. If the international student is found in one of the following circumstances, a more serious punishment should be given:
X) Purposefully withholding and/or fabricating or twisting facts;
XI) Interfering with the investigation of involved departments, providing counterfeit documents or destroying evidence;
XII) Requiring of further discipline after receiving previous punishment;
XIII) Excessive drinking or rioting, despite admonishment from the school;
XIV) Threatening or causing harm to the informant or other actions of retaliation
XV) Other significant offences with negative effects where serious discipline should be given.
9. Other materials regarding discipline of international students are under the personal archives of the student at his or her department, college, or management unit.
10. International students who receive a severe warning will be disqualified from applying to scholarships and participating in evaluation.
11. Following notification of expulsion, international students should go through the visa/Residence Permit termination procedures as appointed by the Department of Exit-entry Administration of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau as well as the procedures required to leave the school and withdraw from the dormitory (if currently living on campus) within five working days. If the procedures are not complete by the due date, punishment will be given according to relevant laws and regulations.
Section Two: Details of Disciplinary Actions
12. If an international student violates national law in one of the below circumstances, the student shall be expelled:
XVI) Violating the Constitution of the PRC, being involved in activities not suitable for international students, endangering China’s national safety, endangering the wellbeing of society, or seriously disrupting public order;
XVII) Going against the law of the PRC, and constituting a crime.
13. Violation of the regulations relating to the Law of the PRC on Public Security Administration and having received punishment from the Public Security body should be disciplined according to the degree of the offence by the following:
XVIII) If a warning has been given, the significance of the offence should be taken into account and a warning or severe warning should be given;
XIX) If a fine is charged, then a demerit should be given;
XX) If administrative detention is given, supervised detention on campus or expulsion should be appointed.
14. Violating rules stipulated by the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Administration of the Entry and Exit of Foreigners, according to the significance of the situation, character, and consequences of the offence, the following punishments should be given:
XXI) Failure to register or update the residence information upon entering the border or changing living address should be disciplined with a minimum of a warning, according to the seriousness of the situation.
XXII) Violating visa management regulations without having extended or updated visa or Residence Permit in the time provided should be punished with a minimum of a warning, according to the seriousness of the situation.
15. Violating the school’s rules and disciplines, disrupting order on campus, and infringing upon the rights of others should be punished appropriately according to the events, the consequences, and the nature of the offence with the punishments below:
XXIII) Violating rules pertaining to the school, disrupting the order of campus life or the management of order of other public entities should be punished with a minimum of a warning, according to the significance of the offence. If deemed significant, expulsion should be administered.
XXIV) Refusing or hindering national staff or school management staff from carrying out their official business legally and complying to regulations should be given a minimum of a warning; deliberately provoking, insulting or verbally abusing professors or management staff should be punished with a demerit according to the significance of the offence.
XXV) Organizing or stirring up riots should be punished with a demerit. If deemed a significant offence, supervised detention on campus should be administered; participating in riots should be punished with a severe warning.
XXVI) Disorderly behavior and roughhousing should be punished with a severe warning; if deemed serious, supervised detention should be implemented.
XXVII) Excessive drinking on campus or raucous behavior while inebriated should be punished with a warning; if deemed serious, a demerit or supervised detention should be given as punishment.
XXVIII) Involvement with promoting or engaging in religious activities on campus, if not significant, should be punished with a warning. If deemed serious, a minimum of severe warning shall be given.
XXIX) Taking, injecting, or possessing illegal drugs, organizing or participating in gambling, prostituting, visiting prostitutes should be punished by supervised detention; if deemed serious, expulsion should be implemented.
XXX) Illegal activity, spreading harmful information, and infringing on the rights of others through the use of a cellphone, the internet, or via any other electronic distribution device should be punished with a minimum of a severe warning according to the seriousness, consequences, and nature of the offence. If the negative impact and consequences are deemed serious, expulsion should be given.
XXXI) Transmitting, manufacturing, transporting, reproducing, selling, or renting illegal books, periodicals, images, audio and video files etc.; transmitting obscene or terroristic audio or video files should be punished with supervised detention.
XXXII) Looking at, taking a picture of, listening to, or spreading private information of others should be punished with a warning. If such information is transmitted over the internet, a demerit should be given. If the resulting consequences from such actions are deemed significant, supervised detention should be implemented.
XXXIII) Threatening, intimidating, abusing, insulting, or harassing others; spreading rumors about, slandering, framing others; harming the psychological well-being of others should be punished with a demerit. If deemed serious, supervised detention should be implemented.
XXXIV) Taking advantage of another’s vulnerability, whether through friendship or a romantic relationship, causing harm to or limiting their rights, freedoms, and/or reputation should be punished with a minimum of a warning. If the circumstances are deemed serious, a demerit or supervised detention should be given.
XXXV) Theft of property should be punished by a minimum of a warning according to the circumstances of the offence.
XXXVI) Operating a motorized vehicle or non-motorized vehicle (bicycles equipped with a motor) against campus regulations and/or violating the campus transportation safety management regulations should be punished with a minimum of a severe warning according to the circumstances, nature, and consequences of the offence.
XXXVII) Falsely using the name of the school or of another person to encroach on the interests of said school or person, negatively influencing or harming the school or person should be punished by a minimum of a severe warning.
XXXVIII) Falsifying, falsely attaining or using any credentials or certification documents should be punished with a minimum of a warning according to the circumstances, nature, and consequences of the offence.
XXXIX) Other actions against discipline, regulation, law, public morals, and International Student Behavioral Norms should be punished with a minimum of a warning according to the circumstances, nature, and consequences of the offence.
XL) Other actions encroaching on the legal rights of the individual and the organization, if the consequences are deemed to be significant, should be punished by expulsion.
XLI) Continuing to violate school regulations after receiving educational discipline or violating school rules during supervised detention should be punished by expulsion.
16. Violating the regulations of teaching and academic affairs should be punished by the following, based on the events, nature, and consequences of the offence:
XLII) Without having asked for or being approved to leave, missing 3 consecutive classes or fewer should be punished by a warning, missing 4-5 consecutive classes should be punished by severe warning, missing 6-8 consecutive classes should be punished by a demerit, missing 9-14 consecutive classes should be punished by supervised detention, and missing more than 15 consecutive classes should be punished by expulsion.
XLIII) Disrupting the order of the classroom or preventing a classroom activity from normally taking place should be given a minimum of a warning as punishment; if the situation is deemed severe, a supervised detention should be implemented.
XLIV) Violating test site disciplines, cheating on a test, should be given a minimum of a warning in accordance with the severity of the offence. Taking a test in place of another student, letting another student take a test in one’s place, collectively cheating on a test, using a device capable of communication to cheat on a test, and other severe cheating methods should be punished by expulsion.
XLV) Plagiarizing research results of other students should be punished by a minimum of a warning; if the offence is deemed severe, expulsion should be given.
17. Violating the management rules of the international students’ dormitories should be punished by the following, in accordance with the events, nature, and consequences of the offence:
XLVI) Violating rules for registration of visitors should be punished with a minimum of a severe warning; if the circumstances are severe, without compliance to the management, supervised detention should be implemented.
XLVII) Allowing another person to stay the night in dormitory in violation of the dormitory rules should be punished by supervised detention. If the circumstances are deemed severe, expulsion should be given.
XLVIII) Making excessive noise disrupting others and consuming alcohol on public grounds within the dormitory building without compliance to the dormitory management should be punished by a minimum of a warning, in accordance with the circumstances.
XLIX) Purposefully damaging dormitory facilities should be punished by a minimum of a severe warning. If the circumstances are severe, supervised detention should be implemented.
L) Using electrical appliances, open flames, flammable, combustible, or poisonous substances against the rules and regulations should be punished by a warning. Charging storage batteries for electric vehicles within the dormitory building against the dormitory rules should be punished by a severe warning. Setting off fire alarms or causing a fire disaster should be punished by supervised detention, not including economic compensation. If such actions should cause severe loss and damage, expulsion should be given.
LI) Other violations of the dormitory rules and regulations should be punished with a minimum of a warning, in accordance with the severity of the offence.
Section Three: Order of Discipline and Appeal
18. Responsibility of the punishment for violations carried out by international students is under the Department of International Student Affairs, any management units are responsible for assisting in verifying the international students’ offensive behaviors and cooperating in any other related work.
19. If an international student should exhibit a breach of discipline, the student’s department, college, or management unit should immediately investigate the circumstances surrounding the offence, form a written account of the investigation, and give disciplinary education to the involved students.
20. Before determining the punishment of an international student having violated school discipline, the Department of International Student Affairs will notify the student to be disciplined of the facts, reasoning, method of punishment, bases, and the right to appeal through the department, college, or management unit responsible for that student. If the student is unable to effectively communicate due to poor language skills, the student is allowed to appoint a representative to give a statement on their behalf. Before determining punishment of the international student, the international student or the representative for the international student may make a statement and defend themselves. The involvement of the representative is determined by the school in accordance with the circumstances.
21. If a student exhibiting or suspected of behavior violating educational administrative rules, the student’s college/department or management unit should draft a suitable punishment and report to the Department of International Student Affairs to make a final decision. If suspected of violating national law or other relevant management regulations, the Department of International Student Affairs and the student’s college/department or management unit shall together determine punishment. If an international student is to be expelled as punishment, it should be submitted to the principal’s office to discuss a final decision as well as undergoing a legal examination.
22. The Department of International Student Affairs will produce a written decision for all international students’ offences of merit. The written decision should include:
LII) The name, nationality, student ID number, education unit, major, and other basic information.
LIII) The evidence of the believed violation of discipline, rule, or law.
LIV) Type of punishment, as well as basis for such punishment.
23. The punishment shall be effective the day that a disciplinary decision has been made.
24. The written decision of punishment will be sent to the international student by the Department of International Student Affairs or the students’ management unit to carry out signing procedures.
25. If the international student cannot or refuses to sign due to particular circumstances, the administrative office of respective colleges or management unit for the student shall clearly note the concrete circumstances on the written decision of discipline.
26. If students receiving punishment objects the decision regarding their punishment, they can submit a written appeal to the Student’s Appeal Board via the Department of International Student Affairs according to the Treatment of Beijing Language and Culture University Student Appeals.
Section Four: Additional Provisions
27. These regulations shall be put into effect on the day of publication.
28. The Office of the Work Committee for International Students of Beijing Language and Culture University (Department of International Student Affairs) shall be responsible to give an explanation for these regulations.
29. If there are any discrepancies between the English and the Chinese version, the Chinese version shall prevail.
Note: Due to COVID-19 epidemic, the relevant regulations and procedures of international students may be adjusted according to actual situation. Please consult the advisor of respective colleges for the detailed info and stay tuned to the latest notice from the school.
