The state adapts to the needs of the development of socialist market economy and social progress, promotes educational reform, promotes the coordinated development and convergence of all kinds of education at all levels, improves the modern national education system, improves the lifelong education system and improves the level of educational modernization. The state takes measures to promote educational equity and balanced development of education.
The state supports, encourages and organizes educational scientific research, popularizes the achievements of educational scientific research and promotes the improvement of educational quality. The national common language is the basic teaching language of schools and other educational institutions, and schools and other educational institutions should use the national common language for education and teaching.
Schools and other educational institutions in ethnic autonomous areas, which are dominated by minority students, should proceed from reality and use the spoken and written languages commonly used by the country and the spoken and written languages commonly used by their own nationalities or local nationalities for bilingual education. The state takes measures to provide conditions and support for bilingual education in schools and other educational institutions with ethnic minority students as the mainstay.
The state rewards organizations and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the development of education. The State Council and local people's governments at all levels shall lead and manage education in accordance with the principles of hierarchical management and division of responsibilities.
Basic education system
The state implements a school education system of preschool education, primary education, secondary education and higher education. The state establishes a scientific education system. The establishment of schools and other educational institutions within the academic system, the form of running schools, the length of schooling, the enrollment targets and the training objectives shall be stipulated by the education administrative department authorized by the State Council or the State Council.
The state sets standards for preschool education, accelerates the popularization of preschool education, and builds a public service system for preschool education covering urban and rural areas, especially rural areas. People's governments at all levels shall take measures to provide conditions and support for school-age children to receive preschool education. The state implements a nine-year compulsory education system.
People's governments at all levels take various measures to ensure that school-age children and adolescents enter school. Parents or other guardians of school-age children and adolescents, as well as relevant social organizations and individuals, have the obligation to enable school-age children and adolescents to receive and complete compulsory education for a specified number of years.