Legal basis: Article 26 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the establishment of compulsory education schools shall be planned by the municipal and county-level people's governments and rationally distributed.
The establishment of primary schools should be conducive to the admission of school-age children and adolescents to the nearest school. Boarding primary schools can be properly concentrated. The establishment of ordinary junior middle schools and junior secondary vocational and technical schools should be relatively centralized according to population distribution and geographical conditions.
The establishment of schools (classes) for blind children shall be arranged by the provincial or municipal people's governments with districts as a whole. The establishment of schools (classes) for the deaf-mute and schools (classes) for mentally retarded children shall be arranged by the municipal and county people's governments.