Legal basis: decision of NPC Standing Committee on amending the Education Law of the People's Republic of China. The first paragraph of Article 11 is amended as: "The state adapts to the needs of the development of socialist market economy and social progress, promotes educational reform, promotes the coordinated development and convergence of education at all levels, improves the modern national education system, improves the lifelong education system, and improves the level of educational modernization." One paragraph is added as the second paragraph: "The state takes measures to promote educational equity and balanced development of education."