The Rules state that applications must be made in accordance with certain regulations in order to be approved. The minister of education who succeeded Wu decided that because the enforcement rules of the Statute had not been announced, applications for approval of mainland credentials would not be accepted. This essentially permanently shelved the recognition of mainland academic degrees.
依據「大陸地區學歷檢覈及採認辦法」規定：「未依前項規定報備，不予檢覈」，因此吳京之後的教育部長就以「施行細則」未頒布，不接受留學大陸的報備手續，大陸學歷的認證等於無限期延長。