TY - JOUR AU - Wang, Chengzhi AU - Zhou, Quanhua PY - 2002/03/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Basic Education Reform in China JF - Education Policy Analysis Archives JA - EPAA VL - 10 IS - 0 SE - DO - 10.14507/epaa.v10n15.2002 UR - https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/article/view/294 SP - 15 AB - China's recent basic education reform followed and, in a certain way, imitated its economic reform. The economic reform merged the experimental dual (planned and market) price systems into a free market economy and yielded phenomenal success. Basic education reform, however, has not succeeded in transforming the introductory dual-track (key school and regular school) systems into a universal one. This article briefly examines the general process and outcomes of basic education reform. It discusses the following questions: Is basic education reform also a story of success? What significant lessons can the Chinese reform experience offer to other comparable developing countries? ER -