The implementation of 12 years of compulsory education in Guangdong Province was in 2007, the implementation of 12 years of compulsory education in the following cities and time:

June 2006 Wuji County, Shaanxi Province; 2007 Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province; 2008 Qian'an City, Hebei Province; August 2010 Dexing City, Jiangxi Province; October 2010 Mawei District, Fuzhou, Fujian Province; March 2011 Jishou City, Hunan Province; September 2011 Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province; December 2011 Jinjiang City, Fujian Province.

2013 Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; August 2014 "Zhangzhou Development Zone", Fujian Province; August 2015 Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province 2016 Xingshan County, Hubei Province; "Six Prefecture Region", Qinghai Province; Sichuan Province "Ethnic Area"; Diqing and Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province; Jimusar County, Xinjiang Autonomous Region; Changsha City, Hunan Province; and Shaanxi Province.

Compulsory education features:

1, public welfare

The so-called public welfare, is clearly stipulated that "no tuition, miscellaneous fees". Public welfare and free of charge is linked to the revised compulsory education, as stipulated in Article 2, the State to implement the nine-year compulsory education system.

2. Uniformity

Uniformity is a concept throughout. In the new law, it is emphasized from beginning to end that compulsory education is uniform throughout the country, and this uniformity includes the need to set uniform standards for the setting of textbooks, teaching standards, funding standards, construction standards, standards for public funding for students, and so on for the compulsory education stage. These unification-related elements are reflected in different forms in the revision of the law.

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