2005年3月，教育部頒布《普通高等學校學生管理規定》，允許在校大學生公開舉行婚禮。2007年新年伊始，蘇州大學率先出臺新的學生管理規定，首次明確提出“已婚女學生因生育需要可休學”的條款。休產假的學生在辦理休學手續及時離校后，學校還會繼續保留其學籍，而不像以往那樣簡單地勸其退學。有關專家指出，這表明大學生在校結婚在政策可行性上已邁出實質步伐。

Third-year Tianjin Normal University student Wang Yang (L) and Liu Hang, who is employed in Tianjin, wave at their wedding on May 1, 2004. Wang is reportedly the first college student to knot in the city. [newsphoto]

Soochow University in east China's Jiangsu Province has granted pregnant students who are legally marriedmaternity leaveto bring college regulations further in line with the new Marriage Law, reported nen.com.cn Monday.

China's Ministry of Education lifted the ban on college students getting married on March 29, 2005. Currently students of legal age no longer have to ask for permission from their university when they plan totie the knot.

According to Soochow University's new regulations, married student mothers can file applications to ask for maternity leave and resume their studies after they deliver. In the past, pregnant women were not allowed to be students.

The green light on maternity leave lit up other disputes, and whether the expense of giving birth should be covered by campus medicare is among the top concerns.

The education authorities in Jiangsu Province believe that more questions concerning related topics, such as marriage leave and the hukou, a registered permanent residence of campus born babies, will follow.

On March 24, 2005, Wang Hongjie was married on campus and was expelled from Mudanjiang Medical College for pregnancy shortly before her graduation. Wang filed a lawsuit against the college and was able to return to her studies after reconciliation was reached in a second trial on February 27 last year.

（chinadaily.com.cn）

Vocabulary:

maternity leave：產假

tie the knot：結婚

（英語點津陳蓓編輯）