Legal basis: Regulations on Kindergarten Work in People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 2 Kindergartens are institutions that provide care and education for preschool children over 3 years old. They are an organic part of basic education and the basic stage of the school education system.
Article 3 The task of kindergartens is to implement the policy of combining conservation with education, educate children to develop in an all-round way in physical, intellectual, moral and aesthetic aspects, and promote the harmonious development of children's body and mind. Kindergarten also provides convenient conditions for parents to participate in work and study.
Article 4 Kindergarten-age children are 3 to 6 years old (or 7 years old). Kindergartens are generally three-year, and one-year or two-year kindergartens can also be run.
Article 5 The main objectives of kindergarten conservation education are: to promote the normal development of children's bodies and the coordinated development of their functions, and to enhance their physique. Cultivate good living habits, hygiene habits and interest in participating in sports activities. Develop children's intelligence, cultivate children's basic ability of using senses correctly and using language to communicate, enhance children's understanding of the environment, cultivate children's beneficial interest and desire for knowledge, and cultivate children's preliminary practical ability. Germinate children's feelings of loving hometown, motherland, collective, labor and science, and cultivate children's good moral behaviors and habits such as honesty, self-confidence, studious, friendly, brave, caring for public property, overcoming difficulties, being polite and observing discipline, as well as lively and cheerful personality. Cultivate children's initial interests and feelings and the ability to express beauty.