China’s Education and Welfare System and the Impact of Other Countries’ Education and Welfare Policies on China

Social education and welfare policy is a life-cycle education support system constructed by the Government and society through financial input and institutional design, and is a central pillar of sustainable national development, combining the functions of economic promotion and social equity protection. Education, as a key social policy, runs through the entirety of an individual’s development, not only enhancing vocational skills, but also safeguarding the physical and mental development of children at an early age. Education benefits work in tandem with other safeguards to reduce the burden on families and enhance social resilience. At the level of equity, the policy blocks the intergenerational transmission of poverty by targeting support to disadvantaged groups. This paper will analyze China’s education welfare system and give institutional recommendations based on the education welfare policies of other countries.