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Updated: Jan 18,2017 2:26 PM english.gov.cn

The State Council has released guidelines to promote private education while
encouraging more social support for education.

The move is aimed at further boosting the role of private education with the support Understanding the $250b
of society. China-US deal
Since reform and opening-up, private education has gained great momentum and
become a vital part of socialist education thanks to its crucial contribution to the
promotion of education modernization and social development.

Related departments should focus on innovating educational system, improving

support policies, strengthening regulation and enhancing the quality of teaching, in
an effort to further stimulate social enthusiasm for supporting private education.

The State Council also underlined innovation in private education system. Private
schools should be managed under the categories of profit-oriented and nonprofit.
And both categories should give priority to social interests.

Governments at all levels are required to enhance their financial support for private
education in accordance with related laws and regulations. The funds used in this
regard should be included in the government budget and made open to the society,
with an aim to improve the efficiency in fund usage.

To provide further incentives to private education, the circular noted same student
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loan policies should apply to both students from private schools and public schools.
And private schools will enjoy a series of preferential tax policies.

The circular also called for speeding up modernization process of school system in
private schools with a more clear management mechanism and regulations.

In addition, private schools should better serve the needs of society, deepen reform
of teaching, and innovate schooling pattern while enhancing the building of teachers
team and introducing international education resource, with an aim to improve the
overall education quality.

To further guarantee the implementation of the guidelines, local governments have

been urged to include the development project of private education in their overall
plans of social development and education undertaking.

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