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According to a random survey conducted on the national population of the handicapped in 1987, it was estimated that there were 51.64 million handicapped persons in China. The article highlights the major provisions of China's new Law for the Protection of Handicapped People, which was adopted by the 17th session of the seventh National People's Standing Committee on December 28, 1990 and came into force May 15, 1991. (DÜI-Sen)

Child labour is a persistent problem worldwide, especially in third world and developing countries. In the PRC, child labor is common in national minority areas, in the rural townships, and even in the villages of some coastal provinces. The article provides an overview of the development of China's new regulations on Banning the Use of Child Labor, that have been designed to protect children's health, promote compulsory education, and combat illiteracy. (DÜI-Sen)

The article provides an overview of the major features of the Law for the Protection of Minors that was adopted by the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress of China on 4 September 1991 and came into effect on 1 January 1992. It notes that this law is part of a larger effort to institutionalize a series of new law and safeguards for various categories and/or groups of individuals. (DÜI-Sen)

In July 1990, the PRC carried out its fourth census, and in October 1990, the State Statistics Bureau released the first of a series of communiques reporting the findings of the census. The article examines data of the census on education and notes that the educational levels of the population as a whole have generally been raised, the number of illiterates and semi-illiterates has been reduced, and the per capita number of years set for education has been increased. (DÜI-Sen)

The campaign to universalize or popularize primary education has been one of the significant movements in Chinese education in the post-Mao era. A Compulsory Education Law was approved by the Fourth Session of the Sixth National People's Congress on 12 April 1986 and went into effect on 1 July 1986. The author summarizes and comments on the most important features of this law. (DÜI-Sen)

The article presents an historical overview of the major developments in undergraduate education, graduate education, and non-traditional forms of higher education, during the first decade following the Cultural Revolution. A commentary of the significance of 1985 "Decision on the Reform of the Education System", which has introduced a number of new initiatives designed to make Chinese higher education more responsive to the needs of the new historical period, is also provided. (DÜI-Sen)

In May 1985, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and the State Council convened a national educational work conference for the purpose of studying the procedures and measures for carrying out a major reform of the structure of the education system. The article presents a brief summary and commentary on the conference and the decision on the reforms of the education system. High priority assigned to education in the country's drive toward modernization and economic development. (DÜI-Sen)

Undergraduate, graduate and non-traditional forms of higher education in the PRC are briefly outlined and discussed. Major efforts have been made in the country to redirect educational policy to remedy the situation created during the turmoil and disorder of the Cultural Revolution. The restoration of the examination enrolement system, the institution of a system of academic degrees, the new liberalization of policies concerning foreign study etc. are all major efforts to rectify many of the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. (DÜI-Sen)

In a planned economy such as the PRC, college and university graduates are assigned by their schools to positions of employment as part of an overall state policy for the unified placement and "rationalization" of job assignment. The procedures used in making the job assignments are described and the issues surrounding the implementation of these policies and practices analysed. In an effort to develop a climate of opinion in which college and university graduates will accept the job assignments given to them by their schools, the Communist Party aims at strengthening its leadership over the ideological and political education of students. (DÜI-Sen)