As a breakthrough in the education area, the Amendment to the Law of Promoting Privately Run Schools has categorized private schools into for-profit ones and non-for-profit ones, and stipulates that private schools for compulsory education (G1-G9) can only be not-for profit. On 18 January 2017, the PRC governments issued three new regulations setting forth more details on the procedures, requirements and different treatments for two types of schools, but some questions arising from the Amendment remain unresolved.
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