Article 40 of Chapter 9 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Teachers Law stipulates that primary and secondary school teachers refer to teachers in kindergartens, special education institutions, ordinary primary and secondary schools, adult primary and secondary education institutions, vocational middle schools and other educational institutions.

The provisions of the scope of application in the Teachers Law are the formal characteristics of teachers and the extension of the concept of teachers in the legal sense. The scope of application of the Teacher Law is limited to teachers in schools and other educational institutions at all levels. It is determined by the particularity of teachers' profession, which directly shoulders the responsibility of cultivating social successors and performs special teaching duties with the nature of public office.

The scope of application is limited to teachers, so it is convenient to make unified regulations on teachers in terms of rights, obligations, qualifications, employment, training, training and assessment, and it is conducive to strengthening the construction of teachers.

Extended data:

Article 2 of the general provisions of the Teachers Law stipulates the scope of application: "This Law is applicable to teachers who specialize in education and teaching in schools and other educational institutions at all levels."

The "schools of all levels and types" referred to here refer to schools that implement preschool education, ordinary junior high school education, ordinary senior high school education, vocational education, ordinary higher education, special education and adult education. The "other educational institutions" referred to here refer to educational institutions closely related to primary and secondary education and teaching, such as Children's Palace, local primary and secondary school teaching and research offices and audio-visual education halls.

The "teacher" here refers to the school imparting human cultural and scientific knowledge and skills, carrying out ideological and moral education, and cultivating the educated into professionals needed by socialist society.