The property is: 1. Legally speaking, it can be divided into non-compulsory education and compulsory education, and compulsory education is also basic education. It has characteristics: 1, compulsory, 2, free, 3, universal, 4, basic, 5, fair and equal, 6, public welfare. Second, from the social point of view, China's education is to serve the masses, support the rich peasants and train successors for socialist construction.