The specific start date of the eighth grade depends on the arrangement of the local education administrative department, as well as the specific areas and schools. Under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Education stipulates that students from Grade 1 to Grade 8 will go to school on September 1 day every year. However, due to the school's orientation activities, the school officially entered the card late, which may have a certain impact on the students' start date.

Eighth grade, that is, the second grade of the original junior high school with a 63-year academic system (the second grade) and the third grade of the junior high school with a May 4th academic system (the third grade). After the implementation of 200 1 compulsory education curriculum standard, in order to realize the continuity of compulsory education, the second grade (the third grade of the May 4th academic system) was renamed as "the eighth grade".