Nine-year compulsory education in Leshan City, Sichuan Province 1986. According to relevant data, nine-year compulsory education has been implemented since 1986. After People's Republic of China (PRC) Compulsory Education Law was formally passed in 2006, nine-year compulsory education has obviously become a more compulsory right and obligation. The basic characteristics of nine-year compulsory education are public welfare, universality and compulsion.