Abstract
In recent years in China, legal reform procedures have been promoted at a very rapid rate with a view to achieving a "constitutional state". Focusing primarily on the "Education Law of the People's Republic of China", promulgated and enacted in 1995, this paper sets out the history of education policies as well as of the relevant laws and regulations. While pursuing the legal enactment process, the paper also aims, through an analysis of the content of the laws and regulations, to introduce the characteristics of the legal structure of education in China and to clarify both the present position and problem areas in respect of educational laws and regulations in China
