今年3月18日,《中华人民共和国教育法》(以下简称《教育法》)经八届全国人大第三次会议审议通过,将从9月1日起实施。这是建国以来制定的第一部有关教育的基本法律,是我国教育史上具有里程碑意义的一件大事。作为教育领域的全面的、综合性的“母法”,对我国高等教育改革和发展具有直接的指导意义,并将对本世纪末到下世纪初我国高等教育的改革与发展产生重大而深远的影响。 On March 18 this year, the Education Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the “Education Law”) was reviewed and approved by the Third Session of the Eighth NPC and will be implemented on September 1. This is the first basic law on education that has been enacted since the founding of the People’s Republic of China and is a major event in the history of education in our country. As a comprehensive and comprehensive “law of motherhood” in the field of education, it has direct guiding significance for the reform and development of our higher education and will have a profound and far-reaching impact on the reform and development of China’s higher education from the end of this century to the beginning of the next century.