Police have applauded Tsinghua University for encouraging new students to come to this year's enrollment day by themselves - a move designed to reduce congestion in the community.

The first group of 600 freshmen and their families arrived at the university on Saturday morning. However, a yellow line was drawn about 20 meters from the enrollment area to block parents' entrance.

Students had to walk into the area with all their materials and line up to enroll by themselves, Beijing Times reported.