Education policy generally has the following characteristics:

1, clear direction. Education policy is different from education law, it is the embodiment of people's subjective will, so there is always a clear direction.

2. Relatively stable. Once the educational policy is determined, it should always remain relatively stable and will not be changed at will, otherwise it will affect people's trust in it and the firmness of implementation.

3. It has a wide influence. Educational activities are related to thousands of families, so educational policies also directly affect all aspects of society.

4. Authoritative and practical. China's education policies are almost all issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National People's Congress or government departments alone or jointly. Because of the constitutionality of the behavior of the party and the state, it determines the legitimacy of the education policy, thus generating authority.

5. systematize. Education policy is an integral part of the national policy system, which plays a role in the interaction with other public policies, involving all aspects of education, and its functions are bound to be multifaceted.

Extended data:

Forms of education policy:

1, the party's policy document on education. Including the Constitution of China, the resolutions of the National Congress of China, the documents formulated and approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the resolutions of the local leading organs of the Party at all levels.

2 education policy documents formulated and approved by the National People's Congress.

3. Various resolutions, documents and notices on education jointly issued by the Party and the leading organs of state organs. Including: resolutions and instructions jointly issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council; Policy documents formulated and approved by various departments in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and ministries in the State Council.

4. Educational policy documents formulated and issued by state administrative organs. Including education-related policy documents formulated and approved by the State Council and its subordinate ministries and commissions, and education-related policy documents formulated by local people's governments at or above the county level within the limits of authority prescribed by law.

5, the party and the state * * * in the field of education cooperation report and talk, speech, etc.