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Exploring Chinese Students’ Learning Burden Reduction Policy: a Historical Policy Analysis

In: Beijing International Review of Education
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Jian Li Associate Professor, China Institute of Education Policy, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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Xinyao Zhang Research Assistant, China Institute of Education Policy, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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Abstract

The student learning burden reduction policy has always been a key field concerning national education development and it is also a highly debated field in recent years. For the period of improving physical fitness, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Directive on Reducing the Excessive Burden on Primary and Secondary Schools, which was the first policy document specifically aimed at reducing the burden on students, marked that the formulation of the policy of reducing the burden in China was on the right track. For the one-sided pursuit of enrollment rate period, the comprehensive restoration and reorganization of educational work was gradually carried out. To boost economic development with talents, the country has focused on improving the teaching level and quality of schools at all levels. For period for improving the quality of education, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that schools at all levels should improve the quality of education. For the period of curriculum reform of basic education, the international situation was changing rapidly, science and technology were constantly iterating, and knowledge economy became the hot spot.

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