Chapter I General Provisions

　　Article 1 With a view to developing educational undertakings, improving the quality of the whole nationality, accelerating the construction of the socialist material and spiritual civilization and in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the present Law is hereby formulated.

　　Article 2 The present Law shall be applicable to all kinds of education at all levels within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

　　Article 3 In developing the socialist educational undertakings, the state shall uphold Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and the theories of Constructing socialism with Chinese characteristics as directives and comply with the basic principles of the Constitution.

　　Article 4 With education being the foundation for construction of socialist modernization, the state shall give priority to the development of educational undertakings.

　　The whole society shall pay attention and render support to the educational undertakings.

　　The whole society shall respect teachers.

　　Article 5 Education shall serve the construction of socialist modernization, be combined with production and labour and satisfy the needs of training constructors and successors with all round development of morality, intelligence and physique for the socialist cause.

　　Article 6 The state shall conduct education among education receivers in patriotism, collectivism and socialism as well as in ideals, ethics, discipline, legality, national defence and ethnic unity.

　　Article 7 Education shall be carried out in the spirit of inheriting and expanding the fine historical and cultural traditions of the Chinese nation and assimilating all the fine achievements of the civilization progress of human beings.

　　Article 8 Education activities shall be in the benefit of public interests of the state and the society.

　　The state shall separate education from religion. Any organization or individual may not employ religion to obstruct activities of the state education system.

　　Article 9 Citizens of the People's Republic of China shall have the right and duty to be educated.

　　Citizens shall enjoy equal opportunity of education regardless of their nationality, race, sex, occupation, property or religious belief etc.

　　Article 10 The state shall help all minority nationality regions develop educational undertakings in light of the characteristics and requirements of different minority nationalities.

　　The state shall support the development of educational undertakings in remote border areas and poverty-stricken areas.

　　The state shall support the development of educational undertakings for disabled people.