Its essence is a system of compulsory education for school-age children and adolescents for a certain period of time in accordance with the provisions of the law. In fact, this is a compulsory education system for school-age children and adolescents according to law. The annual limit is nine years, which is also called nine-year compulsory education. Compulsory education is also called compulsory education and free compulsory education.
Compulsory education has the basic characteristics of compulsory, free, universal and secular. During the Republic of China, it was generally believed that the illiteracy rate was 80%. For example, Chairman Mao put forward in his report 1945 "On Coalition Government": "It is an important task for the new China to eliminate illiteracy among 80% of the population." Just after the founding of New China, the central leadership has reached the education level of developed countries in one step, which reflects the firm belief that no matter how poor the country is, it cannot be poor in education. Compulsory education is a compulsory free public welfare undertaking. Article 2 of the Compulsory Education Law stipulates: "The state implements a nine-year compulsory education system." "Compulsory education is an education that all school-age children and adolescents must receive, and it is a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee." "The implementation of compulsory education, free of tuition and fees. The state establishes a guarantee mechanism for compulsory education funds to ensure the implementation of the compulsory education system. " First of all, compulsory education is compulsory. Secondly, compulsory education is free. Finally, compulsory education has public welfare.