Article 1 These regulations are established in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of students, according to Education Law of the Peoples Republic of China, Higher Education Law of Peoples Republic of China, Regulations on Administration of Students in Regular Higher Education Institutions (drafted by the Ministry of Education of P. R. China), in light of the actual conditions of the college, and other laws and legislation.

Article 2 Students may appeal when having objections to the Cancellation of Admission, De-registration, and Disciplinary Punishment.

Article 3 These Measures are applicable to all full-time registered graduate students and undergraduate students in our university.

Article 4 The students must make the appeal based facts, fulfilling obligations and receiving education. The school shall adhere to the principles of openness, impartiality, seeking truth from facts and correcting mistakes when necessary.

Article 5 The Student Appeal Committee of HYIT (SAC, for short) is set up and composed of school leaders, directors of the departments, representatives of the teachers and students. Members must be singular. A leader of the university serves as the director of ISATC.

Article 6 The grievance committee authorized the supervisory department to accept student complaints.

Article 7 If a student has any objection to the school's handling or punishment decision of the school, he may file a written appeal to the supervisory office within 10 days from the date of receiving the school's handling or punishment decision.

Article 8 The complainant may entrust the close relatives of the complainant and other persons with full civil capacity as his complaining agent.

Article 9 When a student makes an appeal, he shall submit a appeal to the accepting organ, and attach the punishment decision or processing decision made by the school. The appeal shall include:

(1) The name, class and school number of the complainant, the communication address and contact information of the complainant or his agent, and other basic information;

(2) Matters, reasons and requirements of the appeal;

(3) Date for the filing of the complaint;

(4) Signed or sealed by the complainant or his/her agent.

Article 10 The complaint materials are not complete, they should be supplemented and corrected within a time limit. Otherwise the complaint shall be deemed to be withdrawed.

Article 11 Within 15 days of receiving the petition, the Student Appeal Committee shall make a review conclusion and informed of the complainant or its agent. If the situation is complicated and a conclusion cannot be made within the prescribed time, the date may be extended by 15 days with the approval of the head of the school. If necessary, the Student Appeal Committee may recommend the school to suspend the decision.

Article 12 The form of handling appeals is generally in the form of written, and the Student Appeal Committee shall inquire the relevant parties and carry out necessary verification.

Article 13 The Student Appeal Committee shall handle the appeal cases separately according to the following circumstances after reviewing them:

(1) If the original treatment decision is correct, the original treatment decision shall be maintained;

(2) If the facts, basis and procedures of the original handling decision are improper, the relevant departments are required to study again; if the decision at the president’s office meeting is required, it shall be resubmitted to the president’s office meeting for study and decision.

Article 14 The accepting organ shall send the review decision to the complainant or his agent in time. Delivery may be made by either of the following: signed by the complainant or his agent; and mailed to the corresponding address of the complaint. If delivered by mail, the receipt date indicated on the receipt is the date of receipt.

Article 15 During the appeal, the original punishment or decision will not be suspended.

Article 16 The complainant or its agent may withdraw the complaint in written form before the school makes decisions for review. The Student Appeal Committee has the right to decide whether to approve its withdrawal of the complaint upon a petition.

Article 17 The appellants who have objections to the review decision may, within 15 days from the date of receiving the university's review decision, file a written appeal to the Department of Education of Jiangsu Province.

Article 18 If a student fails to appeal within the time limit for appeal upon the date of the service of disposal, punishment and review decision, he/she shall be deemed to give up the appeal, and the school or the provincial education administrative department shall no longer accept any appeal submitted by him.

If the student is not informed of the appeal period of the written decision on disposal, punishment or review, the appeal period shall be calculated from the date when the student knows or should know the disposal or punishment decision, but the maximum shall not exceed 6 months.

Article 19 Appeals of students receiving higher continuing education, students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and international students shall be handled according to the Measures..

Article 20 These Measures shall come into effect on September 1,2017, and the original Measures for the Administration of Student Complaints of Huaiyin Institute of Technology (No.56, 2005) shall be ceased at the same time.

Article 21 The Student Work Office and the Graduate Student Office shall be responsible for the interpretation.