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The enactment of the compulsory education law marks the development of basic education in China to a new stage, and its essence is to implement the compulsory education system for school-age children and adolescents for a certain period in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Universal education, compulsory education and free education are the essential characteristics of compulsory education. Free steps can be implemented step by step according to the national conditions, but the characteristics of free education must be adhered to. Public welfare is the characteristic of the whole education, and compulsory education should be more thorough, not only universal compulsory education, but also free.

The new Compulsory Education Law has taken another big step in free education, adding the content of no tuition on the basis of 1986. The central government will waive the miscellaneous fees for compulsory education in rural areas in two years, and cities should also conduct in-depth investigation and study, formulate plans and speed up the process.

The state implements nine-year compulsory education. All children over 6 years old, regardless of gender, nationality and race, should receive compulsory education for a specified number of years. Areas that do not have the conditions can be postponed to 7 years old.

The state, society, schools and families guarantee the right of school-age children and adolescents to receive compulsory education according to law. The state exempts students who receive compulsory education from tuition fees and establishes grants to help poor students attend school.

The Compulsory Education Law stipulates that:

Compulsory education is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. The implementation of compulsory education, free of tuition and fees. The state establishes a mechanism to guarantee the funds for compulsory education to ensure the implementation of the compulsory education system.

Eleventh all children over the age of six, their parents or other legal guardians shall send them to school to receive and complete compulsory education; Children in areas where conditions are not available can be postponed to seven years of age.

School-age children and adolescents who need to postpone or drop out of school due to their physical condition shall apply to their parents or other legal guardians, and be approved by the education administrative department of the local township people's government or the county-level people's government.