Recently, the Ministry of Education announced the list of people enjoying special government allowances in universities and colleges directly supervised under the Ministry of Education in 2018. A total of 8 people from Lanzhou University were awarded the special government allowance of the State Council in 2018. Professor Huang Ning, dean of the College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics of Lanzhou University, was one of them.
The special government allowance is a incentive system for high-level professional and technical talents and high-skilled personnel of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is an important measure adopted by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to care for and protect the the vast number of professional and technical personnel. Those who enjoy the special government allowances are selected every two years. For those who have been granted to receive the special government allowances by the State Council, the state will issue RMB 20,000 at a time and award a certificate of special government allowance.