BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's key education news from the past week:

-- China finishes scrutiny of online after-school training businesses

China's Ministry of Education (MOE) finished scrutinizing 718 online businesses providing after-school training programs amid intensifying efforts to regulate the private education market.

Online training providers were asked to rectify their problems spotted in the scrutiny before the end of June.

The MOE, in joint efforts with five other central authorities, launched a campaign in July 2019 to check the operation information, course contents and teachers' qualifications of online training businesses.

-- China's rural students continue to enjoy favorable policies in college admission

The MOE released a circular to offer favorable policies to students from rural and poor areas when they apply for major universities in 2020.

China will continue to carry out special enrollment plans to enable more students from rural and impoverished areas to go to major universities and colleges, said the circular, adding that a stricter review on the qualifications of the applicants will be placed.

With disparities in teaching standards among different regions, high school graduates from underdeveloped areas are at a disadvantage in the competition for a spot in the country's major universities.

In an effort to promote equal access to higher education, the circular also said that local authorities should further improve their examination registration policies to enable children of eligible migrant workers to take the college entrance examination in the cities where they live.

-- 70 pct Chinese college students try weaning off mobile phones

About 58 percent of college students spend more than five hours a day on their mobile phones, and among them, 24.75 percent use their phones more than eight hours a day, according to a survey by China Youth Daily.

Nearly 63 percent of the respondents said they overly rely on mobile phones, according to the survey which pooled 2,077 college and university students across China.

The survey also noted over 70 percent of those surveyed said they once tried to reduce reliance on mobile phones. Enditem

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