Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council: Exploring the gradual expansion of the scope of free education and establishing a monitoring and early warning system for changes in the school-age population in various stages of basic education

On January 19th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the “Outline of the Plan for Building an Education Strong Country (2024-2035)”. Establish a mechanism for coordinating and allocating basic education resources that is in line with population changes. Deepen the implementation of the Basic Education Expansion and Quality Improvement Project. Explore gradually expanding the scope of free education. Establish a monitoring and early warning system for changes in the school-age population in each stage of basic education, and optimize the layout of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens. Improve the quality and level of public education services, enhance inclusiveness, accessibility, and convenience, and strengthen the coordinated allocation of short-term and long-term education resources. Establish a basic education management system that combines cities and counties, adjust the use of educational resources at different stages according to local conditions, strengthen dynamic adjustments and surplus/shortage allocation across different stages, and expand the supply of educational resources for the net inflow of school-age population into urban areas. Support counties (cities, districts, banners) with a population of over 200000 to establish a special education school that meets the standards, and encourage areas with conditions to build 15 year integrated special education schools. Strengthen the construction of specialized schools and specialized education work.

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