Basis for education in reception: It is formulated according to the Measures for Education in Reception of Prostitution and Whoring issued by the State Council 1993. The so-called "legal basis" of this measure is1991Decision of NPC Standing Committee on Severely Punishing Prostitutes and Whores: "Public security organs can, jointly with relevant departments, force prostitutes and whores to concentrate on legal and moral education and productive labor, so that they can be separated. The term is six months to two years. Specific measures shall be formulated by the State Council ".

Accommodation education refers to a series of administrative compulsory measures to restrict personal freedom, such as compulsory education and labor, according to the State Council's Measures for Accommodation Education of Prostitutes and Whores, which lasts for six months to two years.