September 1. Wang Dengfeng, director of the Office of the Leading Group for the Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic of the Ministry of Education and director of the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education, said that at present, all or some cities in 30 provinces have set the autumn school start time, and primary and secondary schools and kindergartens around the country will start school around September 1, which is roughly the same as the autumn school start time in previous years.