Compulsory Education Law of 1986 marks a new epoch in the history of China's compulsory education.After more than 20 years of unremitting efforts,compulsory education has achieved a historical breakthrough and explored a way of development which suited to China's national condition.The experience can be summarized as follows: reducing regional disparities and raising the level of universal education;ensuring educational input and increasing financial support to the rural areas on compulsory education;deepening educational reform and promoting the balanced and optimal development of compulsory education in the region;aggregating national strength and ensuring disadvantaged groups can enjoy the equal right to education;administering education according to law and improving the educational supervision and evaluation system.However,the advance and improvement of compulsory education also faces lots of difficulties and challenges.Even so,the development of compulsory education in China is still a long-term and arduous task. <<