Compulsory education is a universal, compulsory and free school education for all school-age children and adolescents according to law. It is the basis of improving national quality and the starting point of realizing social equity. Receiving compulsory education is the basic right of citizens, and it is implemented.

Compulsory education is an important duty of the government, and supporting it is the common task of the whole society.

Compulsory education has always been the top priority of China's educational reform and development. At the beginning of this century, China achieved the goal of popularizing nine-year compulsory education, and first solved the problem of "education" for school-age children and adolescents according to law. After compulsory education is fully popularized and free, the state clearly regards the balanced development of compulsory education as the top priority of compulsory education, and strives to achieve the goal of "good study" for all school-age children and adolescents.

Compulsory education is a basic public service for all school-age children and adolescents, and it is the legal responsibility of the government to provide basically balanced compulsory education. Every school-age child should enjoy equal opportunities to receive qualified and quality compulsory education. The nature of compulsory education determines that compulsory education must develop in a balanced way.