Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Private Education Promotion Law.
Article 3 Private education is a public welfare undertaking and an integral part of socialist education. The state implements the policy of active encouragement, strong support, correct guidance and management according to law for private education. People's governments at all levels should incorporate private education into the national economic and social development plan.
Article 4 Private schools shall abide by laws and regulations, implement the national education policy, ensure the quality of education, and devote themselves to cultivating all kinds of talents for socialist construction. Private schools should implement the principle of separating education from religion. No organization or individual may use religion to carry out activities that hinder the national education system. Article 5 Private schools have the same legal status as public schools, and the state guarantees the autonomy of running schools. The state protects the legitimate rights and interests of the organizers, principals, teaching staff and educatees of private schools.
Twelfth private schools that hold academic education, preschool education, self-study exams and other cultural education shall be examined and approved by the education administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level in accordance with the authority prescribed by the state; The establishment and implementation of vocational qualification training and vocational skills training in private schools shall be examined and approved by the administrative department of human resources and social security of the people's government at or above the county level in accordance with the authority prescribed by the state, and copied to the education administrative department at the same level for the record.