Dai Bingguo, a former State Councilor, said at the opening ceremony that the gross enrollment rate reached 77.4% in the three years before 20 16, which was a remarkable achievement, but China still faced enormous difficulties and challenges in eliminating poverty and popularizing preschool education. Only three years before 2020, we must find ways to further expand inclusive preschool education resources, speed up the popularization process, and let all preschool children have the opportunity to receive preschool education.

Li Wei, director of the State Council Development Center, pointed out that the government has put the development of children in poverty-stricken areas in an important position in all its work, constantly built a safety net, substantially increased the financial funds for preschool education, and initially established a public service network for preschool education for all. The Opinions on Implementing the Third Action Plan for Preschool Education proposes that a public service system for preschool education with wide coverage, basic guarantee and quality will be basically established in 2020.