中国

The legislation enshrines equality of right to education without distinction based on sex/gender, though it is limited to citizens. Furthermore, specific provisions are made to guarantee the principle that women enjoy equal rights with men in education.

Education Law of 1995, as amended in 2015

Article 9. Citizens of the People’s Republic of China shall have the right and duty to be educated.

Citizens shall enjoy equal opportunity of education regardless of their ethnic community, race, sex, occupation, property or religious belief etc.

Article 36. Education receivers shall enjoy equal rights in going to school, entering higher school, employment and etc. Schools and relevant administrative departments shall guarantee that females enjoy equal rights with males in enrolment to school, admission to higher school, employment, conferment of academic degrees and being dispatched to study abroad.

Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests of 1992, amended in 2018 (unofficial translation provided by UNESCO)

Article 15. The State shall guarantee that women enjoy equal rights with men with respect to culture and education.

Article 16. Schools and departments concerned shall, by implementing the relevant regulations of the State, guarantee that women enjoy equal rights with men in such aspects as starting school, entering a higher school, job assignment upon graduation, conferment of academic degrees and dispatch for study abroad. With the exception of special majors, no school is allowed to refuse female student enrollment or raise the standards of enrollment based on sex.