Chapter Eight The Report of China’s Private Education Policy Development

Abstract

Private education is an important institutional innovation in the education field during the reform and the opening-up era in mainland China. During the past thirty years Chinese policy on private education had different characteristics during different stages depending on the social, political, and economic circumstances. In response to urgent problems in the development of private education at present and major issues influencing the long-term development of private education, several objectives should be given special attention in the government's policy practice. First, protect legitimate rights and interests of private schools. Second, protect the legitimate rights and interests of private school Founders. Third, protect the legitimate rights and interests of teachers in private Schools. Fourth, protect the legitimate rights and interests of students in private schools. Fifth, make careful choices for the medium- and long-term development strategies of Chinese private education. Keywords:China; private education policy development