Chinese universities have given up planned tuition fee increases for Executive Master of Business Administration students this year because less government officials and executives from State-owned enterprises have signed up to study, Western China Metropolis Daily reported on Thursday.

With the enrollment season approaching, universities have had difficulties attracting students for EMBA courses, as publicly funded learning for governmental officials and State-owned enterprise executives is strictly controlled during an ongoing anti-corruption campaign.

As a result, the schools have shelved plans to increase EMBA fees, despite the increases already having been approved by the authorities concerned.

According to an EMBA lecturer at a university in Sichuan province, EMBA education should be transformed to adapt to the new situation become competitive in the market.