According to the requirements of perfecting the modern national education system and forming a lifelong education system, the Outline of Education Planning defines eight development tasks of China's education in the coming period. First, actively develop preschool education, focusing on rural preschool education. The second is to implement nine-year compulsory education in accordance with the law, consolidate and improve the level of education, focus on promoting balanced development, eliminate the phenomenon of dropping out of school, and lay a solid foundation for education equity. The third is to popularize high school education, reasonably determine the enrollment ratio of ordinary high schools and secondary vocational schools, and improve the education level of new labor force in China. Fourth, put vocational education in a more prominent position, and establish and improve the school-running mechanism led by the government, guided by the industry and participated by enterprises; Improve vocational education support policies, enhance the attractiveness of vocational education, and improve students' employment and entrepreneurial ability; Strengthen rural vocational education. Fifth, improve the quality of higher education in an all-round way, so as to significantly improve the overall level of personnel training, scientific research and social services; Optimize the structure of higher education, encourage colleges and universities to run their own characteristics and standards, and accelerate the pace of creating world-class universities and high-level universities. Sixth, develop continuing education, build a "overpass" for lifelong learning, and strive to build a learning society by establishing credit conversion, perfecting self-study exams and opening open universities. Seventh, attach importance to and support ethnic education, and comprehensively improve the educational development level of ethnic minorities and ethnic areas; Vigorously promote bilingual education. Eighth, care and support special education, improve the special education system and improve the special education guarantee mechanism.