The state has strengthened its concern and intervention in education, the rise of public education, the universal implementation of compulsory primary education and the secularization of education. Attach importance to education legislation and advocate the rule of law. A dual-track system has emerged. A relatively systematic modern school education system has been formed.

Modern education is a stage in the history of education, as opposed to ancient education and modern education.

The representative figures of modern education in China are:

1, Cai Yuanpei: Five educations simultaneously: military education, materialism education, civic morality education, world outlook education and aesthetic education. He first put forward the concept of "aesthetic education" and advocated "replacing religion with aesthetic education".

Yan: Known as "the father of international civilian education", he advocated rural civilian education. Four major education: literature education attacks fools, livelihood education attacks poverty, health education attacks weakness, and civic education attacks private interests. Three ways: school education, social education and family education.