In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of students, ensure their physical and mental health, and promote law-based governance of the university, these measures are formulated in accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of Students in Regular Institutions of Higher Learning" (Order No. 41 of the Ministry of Education) and the "Code of Conduct for College Students" (Teaching [2005] No. 5), in light of the actual situation of our university.

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 These measures apply to full-time undergraduate students with the university's student status and those who have reported for enrollment but whose student status is still under review.

Article 2 The scope of student appeals: Students who have objections to the university's decisions on cancellation of admission, expulsion, or disciplinary actions for violations or misconduct may file an appeal.

Chapter 2 Organization for Handling Appeals

Article 3 The Student Appeals Committee of Guangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as the Appeals Committee) is the working organization of the university for handling student appeals. It has an office located in the Student Affairs Office.

Article 4 The Appeals Committee consists of 12 members, including a chairperson, who is a university leader in charge of student affairs, and 11 other members from the General Office, the Publicity Department of the Party Committee, the Student Affairs Office, the Academic Affairs Office, the Security Office, the General Services Office, the Youth League Committee, the university's legal advisor, the head of the student's secondary college, a teacher representative, and a student representative.

Article 5 Responsibilities of the Appeals Committee Office:

(1) Accepting students' appeals;

(2) Arranging and holding review hearings to handle students' appeal issues;

(3) Notifying the student in writing of the review decision.

Chapter 3 Procedures for Handling Appeals

Article 6 The appeal process consists of three steps: filing an appeal, accepting the appeal, and making a handling decision, which are carried out in sequence.

Article 7 When the university makes a decision to cancel admission, expel a student, or impose other disciplinary actions, it shall issue a decision document and deliver it to the student. The decision document should include the handling opinion, facts, reasons, and basis, and inform the student of their right to appeal and the appeal period. If a student has objections to the disciplinary or handling decision, they may file an appeal with the university's Student Appeals Committee within 10 days from the date of receiving the university's decision document. The appeal should be in writing (including personal basic information, appeal matters, reasons and requests, appeal date, and the appellant's signature, along with a copy of the university's handling or disciplinary decision document) and directly submitted to the Appeals Committee Office. If a student does not file an appeal within the appeal period from the date of delivery of the handling or disciplinary decision, the university will no longer accept the appeal.

Article 8 Conditions for accepting an appeal:

(1) The appellant believes that the original decision of the university is incorrect in terms of the application of regulations;

(2) The appellant believes that the original decision-making process of the university does not comply with regulations;

(3) The appellant provides new evidence that the facts on which the original decision was based are unclear or inconsistent with the facts;

(4) There is evidence that the department or individual making the decision engaged in favoritism or malfeasance.

Article 9 Handling of student appeals. After receiving the appeal letter, the Appeals Committee Office shall immediately review the appellant's qualifications and the conditions for appeal, and handle it differently according to the circumstances, making the following decisions:

(1) For appeals that meet the conditions, they shall be accepted and registered;

(2) For appeals that do not meet the conditions, a written reply of non-acceptance shall be given to the appellant;

(3) For appeal letters that do not clearly state the reasons and requests for appeal, the appellant shall be required to resubmit the appeal letter within the prescribed period.

Article 10 Handling of accepted appeals. The Student Appeal Committee shall arrange for a deputy director to preside over the re-examination of the appeal cases that are accepted. Within 15 days from the date of receiving the written appeal, the committee shall conduct a comprehensive investigation and verification of the appeal content and requirements raised by the student in accordance with the laws and regulations of China, the "Regulations on the Management of Students in Regular Institutions of Higher Learning", and the relevant rules and regulations of Guangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology, focusing on whether the procedures for handling and disciplining the student are proper, whether the evidence is sufficient, whether the basis is clear, whether the characterization is accurate, and whether the handling and disciplinary measures are appropriate. Depending on different circumstances, the committee shall make different re-examination decisions such as maintaining the original handling decision, changing the original handling decision, or revoking the original handling decision. If the situation is complex and a conclusion cannot be reached within 15 days, the period may be extended by 15 days with the approval of the president.

Article 11 The student appeal must be held at a meeting of the Student Appeal Committee. The meeting can only be held if more than half of the committee members are present. Committee members involved in making the original disciplinary or handling decision should recuse themselves. The appeal handling decision must be approved by more than two-thirds (including two-thirds) of the committee members present to be valid.

Article 12 If the appeal handling decision involves changing or revoking the expulsion from school or the decision to cancel admission or to expel the student, it must be submitted to the college council for research and decision. If the appeal handling decision involves changing or revoking the warnings, serious warnings, demerits, or probationary suspension, it must be submitted to the department that made the original decision for research and investigation.

Article 13 The appeal handling decision shall be delivered in writing to the appellant and the original decision-making institution by the office of the Student Appeal Committee.

Article 14 The re-examination decision shall be informed to the appellant in writing by the office of the Student Appeal Committee. If the appellant has objections to the re-examination decision, they may submit a written appeal to the higher education administrative department within 15 days from the date of receiving the school's re-examination decision.

Article 15 During the appeal and handling period, the original decision remains valid. Chapter 4 Supplementary Provisions.

Article 16 This method is interpreted by the Student Appeal Committee of the University.