Basic education is the knowledge that people need to master in advance in order to gain more knowledge in their growth. Just like laying the foundation before building a house, if you want to learn a language well, you must start with literacy.

As a basic project to cultivate talents and improve the quality of the people, basic education plays an important role in the educational reform in the world facing the 2 1 century. Basic education in China includes preschool education, primary education and general secondary education.

Basic education is a dynamic concept. At present, the de facto basic education in China refers to junior high school, including all forms of education before junior high school. In a narrow sense, it refers to nine-year compulsory education. In a broad sense, it should also include family education and necessary social life knowledge education.