Beijing continues to play parents for Chinese youth.

A new law was passed this Saturday by the central power to limit homework and extracurricular lessons, an initiative that intends to reduce the heavy pressure on students, said state media.

In the name of youth protection, the government has enacted several rules in recent months aimed at combating activities that it considers harmful for the development of the child.

He had already banned minors from playing online games for more than three hours a week to fight addiction and had drastically reduced the use of private tutoring lessons.

In recent weeks, the government has also taken more ideological measures against celebrity idolatry, with television shows being deemed "vulgar" and artists "effeminate".

Allotted time

Henceforth, local authorities will have to "strengthen their supervision in order to reduce the burden on students in terms of homework and extracurricular lessons," said the New China agency, citing the law passed on Saturday by the Chinese parliament.

“Parents (…) must allocate in a reasonable way for minors the time devoted to studies, rest, entertainment and physical activity in order not to increase their learning burden and to avoid any dependence on Internet.

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This law known as “promotion of family education” will come into force on January 1, 2022.

The competition of all dangers

The school system is very selective in China. The Chinese have been preparing from childhood for the passage, at age 18, of the university entrance examination, which determines whether or not the student can enter higher education and in which establishment. In this context, many parents spend fortunes to place their children in the best schools or to enroll them in private lessons, which takes a toll on their finances and on the health of their offspring.

Faced with an aging population, a side effect of decades of birth control policies, China is seeking to reverse the trend and now allows couples to have three children.

But faced with the reluctance of parents, cooled by the costs relating to education, the authorities hope to convince them to procreate by trying in particular to reduce the school load.

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