At present, compulsory education in China includes primary school and junior high school, which lasts for nine years. However, in 20 13, the National Development and Reform Commission of China put forward the guiding opinion of "developing secondary vocational education", encouraging students to complete compulsory education in 12, that is, to complete high school education. Therefore, compulsory education and secondary vocational education should be regarded as a continuous education system of 12 years.

In 20 15, the State Council City, China issued the Outline of the National Medium-and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan (20 10-2020), which pointed out that by 2020, compulsory education will be extended to more than nine years, with the focus on "increasing the supply of secondary vocational education and ordinary high school education, promoting the all-round development of students and realizing the all-round improvement of the quality from junior high school to senior high school".

Therefore, it can be said that while encouraging students to complete 12 education, the development and supply of secondary vocational education have been increased, and the quality from junior high school to senior high school has been improved.

compulsory education

Compulsory education is one of the legal stages of national basic education, aiming at ensuring that all people receive fair, free and high-quality education. Compulsory education plays an important role in national social stability, cultural construction and economic development.

In China, compulsory education is divided into two stages: primary school and junior high school, with a total of nine years. The academic system is six years in primary school and three years in junior high school. Since 20 18, China has carried out some reforms in compulsory education, cancelled some unnecessary educational examinations, promoted quality education and carried out comprehensive quality evaluation.