Article 11 of China's Compulsory Education Law stipulates that all children who have reached the age of six should be sent to school by their parents or other legal guardians to receive and complete compulsory education.

The legal age for primary school enrollment.

The legal age for primary school entrance is 6 years old. At present, it is generally practiced in schools all over the country that children who have reached the age of 6 on August 3 of that year can register for the first grade of primary school, while children born after September of/kloc-0 will wait until the next year.