Legal basis: Education Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 55 With the development of national economy and the growth of fiscal revenue, the proportion of national fiscal education expenditure to gross national product should be gradually increased. The specific proportion and implementation steps shall be stipulated by the State Council. The proportion of education funds in the total national financial expenditure at all levels should be gradually increased with the development of the national economy.
Fifty-sixth people's governments at all levels of education expenditure, in accordance with the principle of unity of administrative power and financial power, in the financial budget of a separate item. The growth of financial allocation for education by people's governments at all levels should be higher than the growth of recurrent fiscal revenue, and the average educational funds according to the number of students in school should be gradually increased to ensure the gradual increase of teachers' salaries and public funds per student.