Legal basis: Education Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 4 Education is the foundation of socialist modernization, which is of decisive significance for improving people's comprehensive quality, promoting people's all-round development, enhancing the innovation and creativity of the Chinese nation and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The state guarantees to give priority to the development of education.
The whole society should care about and support the development of education.
The whole society should respect teachers.
Article 5 Education must serve the socialist modernization and the people, and must be combined with productive labor and social practice to cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor.
Sixth education should adhere to moral education, strengthen the education of socialist core values of the educated, and enhance their sense of social responsibility, innovative spirit and practical ability.
The state educates the educated in patriotism, collectivism and Socialism with Chinese characteristics, as well as ideals, morality, discipline, legal system, national defense and national unity.
Article 7 Education should inherit and carry forward China's excellent traditional culture, revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture, and absorb all outstanding achievements of the development of human civilization.
Article 8 Educational activities must conform to the public interests of the state and society.
The state separates education from religion. No organization or individual may use religion to carry out activities that hinder the national education system.