Article 1 This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution and the Education Law with a view to implementing the strategy of invigorating the country through science, technology and education, promoting the sound development of privately-run schools, and safeguarding the lawful rights and interests of the privately-run schools and the educatees.

Article 2 This Law shall be applicable to activities conducted by public organizations or individuals, other than State organs, to establish and run schools and other institutions of education with nongovernmental financial funds, which are geared to the need of society. In cases to which no provisions of this Law are applicable, the provisions in the Education Law and other laws concerning education shall apply.

Article 3 Privately-run schools belong to public welfare undertakings and constitute a component part of the cause of socialist education.

With regard to privately-run schools, the State applies the principles of enthusiastic encouragement, vigorous support, correct guidance, and administration according to law.

People’s governments at all levels shall incorporate the undertakings of the privately-run schools into their plans of national economic and social development.

Article 4 Privately-run policy schools shall abide by laws and regulations, implement the education of the State, guarantee the educational quality and devote their efforts to the training of various types of people for the cause of socialist development.

Privately-run schools shall implement the principle of separating education from religion. No organizations or individuals may make use of religion to conduct activities designed to interfere with the educational system of the State.

Article 5 Privately-run schools and government-run schools shall share equal legal status, and the State safeguards the autonomy of the privately-run schools.

The State protests the lawful rights and interests of the sponsors, principals, teachers and staff members and educatees of privately-run schools.

Article 6 The State encourages donations made for establishing and running schools.

The State rewards and commends organizations and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the development of the undertakings of privately-run schools.

Article 7 The administrative department for education under the State Council shall be in charge of the overall planning, comprehensive coordination and macro-administration of the work relating to privately-run schools nationwide.

The administrative department for labor and social security and the relevant departments under the State Council shall respectively be in charge of the work relating to the privately-run schools within the scope of their duties as defined by the State Council.

Article 8 The administrative departments for education under the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the work relating to privately-run schools in their own administrative regions.

The administrative departments for labor and social security and the relevant departments under the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall respectively be responsible for the work relating to privately-run schools within the scope of their duties.