1986 in April 12, the fourth session of the Sixth National People's Congress deliberated and passed the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1 June 65438+July 9861,nine-year compulsory education has been implemented nationwide. This is the first time that China has fixed free compulsory education in the form of law, and the formulation of compulsory education marks the development of basic education in China to a new stage. According to the law, 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 first compulsory education law. The first difficult problem encountered in the process of law making is about the number of years of universal compulsory education. At that time, it was suggested that according to the national financial resources, the requirements for popularizing nine-year compulsory education were too high and the financial resources could not afford it. But few people hold this view, because universal primary education was put forward before the Cultural Revolution, and 1982 the Ministry of Education issued a document to popularize primary education. Finally, under the decision of the CPC Central Committee, the compulsory education law decided to popularize nine-year compulsory education. Whether compulsory education is free has become the biggest controversy in the drafting and formulation of the whole compulsory education law. At that time, I also considered implementing free education, but considering the financial situation and the scale of education at that time, I finally decided to waive tuition and miscellaneous fees.