Published: 17:30, August 5, 2025 | Updated: 17:34, August 5, 2025
China announces phased implementation of free preschool education
By Xinhua
Children play with a sound-conducting toy made with paper cups at a kindergarten in Changxing county, Huzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Starting from the autumn semester of 2025, China will waive the care and education fees for children in public kindergartens in the year prior to entering primary school, according to a guideline made public by the State Council on Tuesday.  

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