This book investigates the educational equity in China from multiple perspectives, including rural and urban educational equity, interschool educational equity, Eastern and Western educational equity and administrative policies related to the educational equity. All those perspectives concentrate on examining the comprehensive development of the educational equity in contemporary China. In addition, this book also presents specific historical and cultural shifts for policymakers and stakeholders to offer an in-depth understanding of the educational equity strategy in a long term.

Proposes the idea of educational equity development Provides unique viewpoints to analyze the integration between constructing the educational reforms at multiple standpoints Explores conceptual, practical, and strategic domains of shaping educational equity development with Chinese features

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Jian Li is an assistant professor in the Institute of International and Comparative Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China. She received her Ph.D. degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) from the School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington, the United States of America. Her research interests include education policy studies, globalization, and the internationalization of higher education. Dr. Li currently also plays the role of a 'think tanker' at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Beijing Normal University. She has published more than 100 papers in Chinese and English in multiple SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index) and CSSCI (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index) indexed journals, such as Higher Education, International Journal of Education Research, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Educational Research, Comparative Education Research, and China Education Journal. Eryong Xue, Changjiang Scholar (Young Scholar) of the Ministry of Education, is a professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China, where he also serves as the chief scholar from the Ministry of Education for the key project 'Research on Education Thoughts of President Xi Jinping.' His research interests include education policy and law, comparative education policy, and equality of education. He has published over 160 articles, monographs, reports, and policy briefs in these areas.

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Chapter 1 Educational Equity between Urban and Rural Areas in China.- Chapter 2 The Overview of Interschool Education Equity in China.- Chapter 3 The Analysis of Educational Equity in Eastern and Western China.- Chapter 4 An Analysis of the Administrative Policy on Promoting Equity of Compulsory Education in China.- Chapter 5 An Analysis of the Legal Policies to Promote Educational Equity in China.- Chapter 6 An Analysis of the Financial Policies to Promote Educational Equity in China.