Impacts of Regional Disparities and Policy Bias on Chinese Educational Inequality and Inequity

Abstract

China's economy and society have achieved remarkable success over the past few decades. However, these outstanding achievements, on the contrary, have widened the inequality and inequity between regions. Nowadays, with the announcement of certain educational policies, educational inequality and inequity have been concentrated by the public recently. This study presents a relatively complete view of how economic and political reasons in China caused some educational inequality and inequity. Specifically, the article focusses on how the economy-allocation of educational resources and policy bias affect the issue of educational inequality and inequity. Four key pieces of research related to Chinese educational inequality and inequity are addressed in this article: (1) Local fiscal revenue, (2) Family income, (3) The National College Examination's preference policy, and (4) Double-Reduction Policy. After finishing the research above, it gives the readers a whole perspective on educational inequality and inequity, which can make the educational regulators clearer to deal with them.