義務教育階段禁設營利性民辦學校 明年9月起施行

China has banned profit-led private schools from the nine-year compulsory education system, which covers primary to junior high school years, according to a revised law.

根據《民辦教育促進法》修正案，我國已禁止營利性民辦學校涉足涵蓋小學和初中階段的九年制義務教育。

The revised law on private education was adopted last Monday at the close of the National People's Congress Standing Committee's bi-monthly session after a third reading and will take effect on Sept 1, 2017.

全國人大常委會每兩月舉行一次會議，本次會議於上週一閉幕，當天，會議通過了該修正案三審稿，修正案將於2017年9月1日生效。

China's compulsory education is a nationwide free system, supported by funding from the central government.

我國在全國範圍內實行免費義務教育，由中央政府提供資金支持。

The system is a public service that must be provided by the government, said Zhu Zhiwen, vice-minister of education, at a press conference after the law's revision was finalized.

在修正案通過後的一場新聞發佈會上，教育部副部長朱之文表示，義務教育是政府必須提供的一項公共服務。

"Profit-led private schools are unsuitable for the free education program," Zhu said.

朱之文說：“營利性民辦學校不適合實施免費義務教育。”

He stressed that private schools are still allowed to offer diversified, market-oriented paid educational services, as long as they comply with the law.

此外他還強調，只要符合法律要求，民辦學校仍可以按照市場需求，提供多樣化的收費教育服務。

China has about 162,700 private schools nationwide with more than 45.7 million students, according to figures from the Ministry of Education.

根據教育部的數據顯示，我國全國共有大約16萬2千7百所民辦學校，這些學校擁有4570萬名學生。