2065438+March 2007. Official website, Education Bureau of Taiyuan City, introduced that 12-year compulsory education refers to the implementation of 12-year compulsory education, which started in March of 20 17 and passed through schools with high school education such as ordinary high schools, technical secondary schools and technical schools, excluding private schools. Taiyuan is a prefecture-level city and capital city under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province, China, located in the middle of Shanxi Province, with a land area of 6,909 square kilometers.