Legal basis: Education Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of developing education, improving the quality of the whole nation and promoting the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization.
Article 2 This Law is applicable to all levels and types of education in People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 3 The State adheres to the guidance of Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory and follows the basic principles set by the Constitution to develop socialist education.
Article 4 Education is the foundation of socialist modernization, and the state guarantees the priority 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, be combined with productive labor, and cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause with all-round development in morality, intelligence and physique.