Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons 

Chapter 3 Education

Article 18 [Responsibilities]
The state shall guarantee the right of disabled persons to education. 

People's governments at various levels should make education of disabled persons a component of the state educational programme,include it in their overall planning and strengthen leadership in this respect.

The state, society, schools and families shall provide compulsory education for disabled children and juveniles.

The state shall exempt disabled students who accept compulsory education from tuition and reduce sundry fees or exempt them from such fees according to actual situations. The state shall set up grant-in-aid to assist students who are poor and disabled.

Article 19 [Education According to Different Characteristics]
The education of disabled persons shall be carried out according to their physical and psychological features and needs and shall meet the following requirements:

Strengthen physical and psychological compensation and vocational and technical training while providing ideological and cultural education; 
Adopt ordinary or special methods of education according to different categories of disabilities and varied abilities of response of the disabled persons; and 
The curricula, teaching materials and methods for special education and the age requirement for admission and schooling may be determined with appropriate flexibility. 
Article 20 [Principle of Development]
The principle of combining popularization with upgrading of quality shall be implemented in education of disabled persons, with emphasis on the former. Priority shall be given to compulsory education and vocational and technical education while efforts shall be made to carry out preschool education and gradually develop education at and above the senior middle school level.

Article 21 [Channels of Education]
The state shall set up educational institutions for disabled persons and encour age social forces to run schools and donate funds for schools.

Article 22 [Methods of Ordinary Education]
Ordinary educational institutions shall provide education for disabled persons who are able to receive ordinary education.

Ordinary primary schools and junior middle schools must admit disabled children or juveniles who are able to adapt themselves to life and study there; ordinary senior middle schools, secondary polytechnic schools, technical schools and institutions of higher learning must admit disabled students who meet the state admission requirements and shall not deny their admission because of their disabilities; in case of such denial, the disabled students, their family members or guardians may appeal to the relevant authorities for disposition. The relevant authorities shall instruct the schools concerned to enroll the students.

Ordinary institutions of preschool education shall admit disabled children who are able to adapt themselves to the life there.

Article 23 [Methods of Special Education]
Preschool education institutions for disabled children, classes for disabled children attached to ordinary preschool education institutions, preschool classes of special education schools, welfare institutions for disabled children and families of disabled children shall be responsible for preschool education of disabled children.

Special schools at or below junior middle school level and special classes attached to ordinary schools shall be responsible for the implementation of compulsory education for disabled children and juveniles who are not able to respond to ordinary education.

Special schools and special classes attached to ordinary schools at or above senior middle school level, as well as institutions of vocational and technical education for disabled persons, shall be responsible for providing cultural education at or above senior middle school level and vocational and technical education for eligible disabled persons.

Article 24 [Adult Education]
Governmental departments concerned, units where disabled persons work and society shall carry our anti-illiteracy education, vocational training and other forms of adult education for disabled persons and encourage them to tap their talents in the self-taught way.

Article 25 [Teaching Staff]
The state shall systematically set up various forms of normal schools and specialities for special education at different levels and special education classes (departments) attached to ordinary normal schools to educate and train teaching staff for special education. Ordinary normal schools shall offer curricula or lectures on special education so that teachers in ordinary education may have some necessary knowledge of special education.

Teachers of special education and sign language interpreters shall enjoy allowances for special education.

Article 26 [Auxiliary Means]
Governmental departments concerned shall organize and support the research and application of braille and sign language, the compilation, writing and publication of special education teaching materials and the research, production and supply of teaching apparatus and other auxiliary facilities for special education.