1月4日,国务院常务会议讨论并原则通过《中华人民共和国义务教育法修订草案》。这次修改的主要内容包括:保障义务教育经费;实施素质教育;经费投入向农村学校和城市薄弱学校倾斜,促进学校均衡发展;减少教科书种类,提高教科书质量,防止利用教科书非法牟利等等。会议决定,修订草案 On January 4, the State Council executive meeting discussed and approved in principle the “Revised Draft of Compulsory Education Law of the People’s Republic of China.” The main contents of this revision include: guaranteeing the funding for compulsory education; implementing quality education; allocating funds to rural schools and urban weak schools to promote balanced development of schools; reducing the types of textbooks; improving the quality of textbooks; and preventing the illegal use of textbooks for profit-making. The meeting decided to amend the draft