The editions are People's Education Edition (published by People's Education Press), Shanghai Education Edition (published by Shanghai Education Press), Jiangsu Education Edition (published by Jiangsu Education Press), Zhejiang Education Edition (published by Zhejiang Education Press) and Foreign Studies Edition (published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press).
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Articles 38 to 41 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulate that compulsory education textbooks should be compiled according to the national education policy and curriculum standards, with simplified contents, selected necessary basic knowledge and skills, economical and practical, and guaranteed quality. State functionaries and textbook examiners shall not participate in or participate in the compilation of textbooks in disguised form.
The state implements a textbook examination and approval system. Measures for the examination and approval of textbooks shall be formulated by the administrative department of education of the State Council. Textbooks that have not been approved shall not be published or selected. The benchmark price of textbooks shall be determined by the competent price department of the State Council in conjunction with the publishing administrative department in accordance with the principle of meager profit. The price departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, jointly with the publishing administrative departments, determine the retail price according to the benchmark price. The state encourages the recycling of textbooks.