What does it mean to be a publicly-funded student at Hongde Middle School

The term refers to students enrolled in full-time general institutions of higher education who do not receive any salary or financial benefits. The state exempts them from high tuition fees, handles their medical insurance, and provides them with a monthly living allowance as an incentive system. In the long run, under the planned economic system, the students of universities and colleges were paid by the state, and were assigned with "iron rice bowls" and cadre status.