Legal analysis: The Compulsory Education Law comprehensively expounds the characteristics and nature of compulsory education in the form of law for the first time. According to the former Regulations on the Implementation of Compulsory Education Law, compulsory education schools in urban and rural areas in China have been collecting miscellaneous fees to supplement the shortage of public funds for compulsory education schools. In his government work report to the Fourth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress in 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao solemnly pointed out: "From 2006, students in rural compulsory education will be completely exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees in two years, which will be implemented in the western region in 2006 and expanded to the central and eastern regions in 2007. Considering that the comprehensive exemption of miscellaneous fees requires the unified arrangement of the State Council, the Compulsory Education Law specifically authorizes the time and steps of exemption of miscellaneous fees in the supplementary provisions, which clearly stipulates: "The implementation steps of not collecting miscellaneous fees for school-age children and adolescents receiving compulsory education shall be stipulated by the State Council. "It is foreseeable that in the near future, the legal principle of free tuition and miscellaneous fees in compulsory education will benefit the majority of school-age children and adolescents in urban and rural areas in China.

Legal Basis: Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 1 In order to guarantee the right of school-age children and adolescents to receive compulsory education, ensure the implementation of compulsory education and improve the quality of the whole nation, this law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution and the Education Law.

Article 2 The State implements a nine-year compulsory education system.