Using survey data on 1715 music，PE，and art teachers with special posts in rural China，we analyzed their group characteristics，current life situations and development and found：（1）teachers in these subjects with special posts are mostly from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in rural areas；（2）gender distribution is unequal，with marriage and long-distance relationships being two serious problems for female teachers；（3）the teachers’ career choices are localized，with most teachers working in township-level schools in their hometowns；（4）the teachers’ education level and teaching capabilities are yet to be improved，and many teachers are not teaching subjects they studied；（5）the teachers exhibit high levels of subjective well-being and low levels of job dissatisfaction；（6）large differences exist between expected and real incomes，leading to only 40 percent of the respondents planning to continue on the job. Many reasons cause these problems，including local governments’ low incentive to recruit teachers in these subjects，special posts’ lesser appeals to art and sport students，and the constraints of gender differences on teachers’ career development. Therefore，local governments’ recruitment methods need to be improved and recruitment channels broadened. Schools need to explore the training of all-subject teachers，establish mechanisms to promote teachers’ incentives，and transform the supplementary positions of music，PE and art.