Balanced development is the strategic task of compulsory education. Establish and improve the guarantee mechanism for the balanced development of compulsory education. Promote the standardization of compulsory education schools and allocate resources such as teachers, equipment, books and school buildings in a balanced way.

Effectively narrow the gap between schools and focus on solving the problem of school choice. Accelerate the transformation of weak schools and focus on improving the level of teachers. Implement the exchange system between teachers and principals in counties (districts). Implement a reasonable allocation of enrollment places for high-quality ordinary high schools and high-quality secondary vocational schools to junior high schools in the region. Key schools and key classes shall not be established in the compulsory education stage. On the premise of ensuring that school-age children and adolescents enter public schools nearby, we will develop private education and provide opportunities for choice.

Accelerate narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. Establish the development mechanism of compulsory education in urban and rural areas, and tilt towards the countryside in terms of financial allocation, school construction and teacher allocation. Take the lead in realizing the balanced development of urban and rural areas within the county (district) and gradually promote it in a wider scope.

Strive to narrow the regional gap. Increase the transfer payment for compulsory education in old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and poverty-stricken areas. Encourage developed areas to support underdeveloped areas.