Constitution is the fundamental law of our country, the basis of all legislation and the basic legal source of our education law. The Constitution is formulated by the National People's Congress, which has the highest legal status and legal effect, and is the highest level and legal source.
The education law is a normative document formulated by the highest authority and its permanent institutions. According to the Constitution, the highest organ of state power and its permanent organs have the right to make laws. Education law is the basic law of education in China. Besides the Basic Law, there are other laws, such as degree regulations, compulsory education, teachers' law, vocational education law, higher education law, and private education promotion law.
Educational administrative regulations are normative documents on national educational administrative activities formulated by the highest administrative organ (the State Council) in order to implement the Constitution and laws. They are an important and huge source of education laws in China, and their legal effect is second only to the Constitution and the Education Law.
Local educational laws and regulations are normative educational legal documents formulated and issued by local state power organs and their permanent organs in accordance with the statutory authority in order to ensure the compliance and implementation of the Constitution, laws and administrative regulations, combined with the specific conditions and actual needs of their respective administrative regions.
Educational administrative regulations include departmental education regulations and local education regulations. Departmental education laws and regulations refer to the normative education legal documents formulated by various departments in the State Council; Local educational laws and regulations refer to normative educational legal documents formulated by local state administrative organs.