Preschool Education Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国学前教育法
[Current Text: Chinese only]
(adopted Nov. 8, 2024, effective June 1, 2025)
- Status: Passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter: Ministry of Education
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 12th NPCSC Category III; 13th NPCSC Category I; 14th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2020 (backup), 2021 (backup), 2022, 2023, 2024
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – 3rd (final) round: Nov. 4 – 8, 2024 (Current Text ⇧)
- NPCSC deliberation – 2nd round: June 25 – 28, 2024 (Chinese only) 💬
- Public consultation: June 28 – July 27, 2024
- NPCSC deliberation – 1st round: Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 2023 (Chinese only) 💬
- Public consultation: Sept. 1 – 30, 2023
- State Council public consultation: Sept. 7 – Oct. 7, 2020 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Aug. 28, 2023)
- Report on Status of Revision (June 25, 2024)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Nov. 4, 2024)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (Nov. 7, 2024)
- Presidential Order (Nov. 8, 2024)
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Session Watch: Administrative Reconsideration, Foreign-Related Litigation, Public Security Offenses & Education (Aug. 21, 2023)
Last updated: December 4, 2024, 10:27 EST