Historical Review and Future Prospect of the Communist Party of China’s Protection of the Right to Education

ZHOU Guangli* & LUO Wen**

Abstract: Respecting and protecting human rights is a firm will and persistent pursuit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government. The right to education is one of the fundamental human rights, and also the cornerstone of national development and social progress. Against the new backdrop where the globalization of higher education is deeply intertwined with the national strategic layout of the “Double First-Class Initiative,” safeguarding people’s right to education and constructing an education governance system with Chinese characteristics have become important tasks of the new era. By sorting out the evolutionary trajectory of safeguarding the right to education since the founding of the CPC more than a century ago, and systematically examining the innovation of policy concepts and institutional reforms in different historical stages, this paper conducts an in-depth systematic study focusing on the historical evolution of policies for safeguarding the right to education, institutional construction, innovative practices, and their driving role in the modernization process. Centering on the protection of the right to education in the process of advancing the modernization of national governance, and expounding the realization path of transforming institutional strengths into education governance efficacy, this study can provide historical experience and insights for constructing a legal system of education in the new era.

Keywords: The Communist Party of China (CPC) · the right to education · education modernization