New students arrive at Zhejiang University on Aug 16, accompanied by their parents. About 10 percent of the more-than 6,000 freshmen at the school have received financial aid from the State. (Photos: China Daily)

Senior students explain enrollment procedures for impoverished students via the "green channel" at Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, last year.

Undergraduates receive winter supplies at a university in Zhejiang province in December.

A freshman gets a gift pack, including subsidies and daily necessities, at the "green channel" at Chongqing University.