Company: ZHIHF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000729
Chunk: 272

Company: Zhihu Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 272
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Regulations on Vocational Education
The PRC Vocational Education Law, promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on May 15, 1996 and amended on April 20, 2022, and becoming effective on May 1, 2022, applies to vocational schools of all types and levels and vocational training of to all forms. According to this law, institutional organizations, social organizations, and other social groups and individuals are encouraged to operate vocational schools and vocational training institutions according to applicable provisions. The law divides vocational school education into elementary, secondary, and higher vocational education. Vocational school education includes secondary vocational school education and tertiary vocational school education. The secondary vocational school education must be conducted by secondary vocational schools (including technical training schools) at the advanced level of secondary education. The tertiary vocational school education must be conducted by tertiary vocational schools and regular higher education institutions at or above the levels of junior college education and regular course education. Other schools, education institutions, or eligible enterprises and industry organizations may provide corresponding levels of vocational school education or courses for credit included in talent training plans in accordance with the overall planning of education administrative departments. Vocational training includes pre-employment training, on-the-job training, re-employment training, and other vocational training, which may be provided by grade and class according to actual conditions. Vocational training may be carried out by the corresponding vocational training institutions or vocational schools. Other schools or educational institutions as well as enterprises and social organizations may provide various forms of vocational training to the society in accordance with the law according to their capability to provide education and social needs.
The government authorities issued various rules and regulations regarding the reform and promotion of vocational education. For example, the Opinions of the State Council on the Implementation of Lifetime Vocational Skills Training System issued on May 3, 2018 proposes, among others, to improve the policy of lifelong vocational skills training for all workers in urban and rural areas from the beginning of labor preparation to the realization of employment and entrepreneurship and throughout the whole process of learning and career. The Notice of the State Council on Promulgation of the Implementation Plan for National Vocational Education Reform issued on January 24, 2019 provides, among others, that vocational education is as important as general education, and shall be put in a more prominent position in the reform and innovation of education and economic and social development of China. All sectors of the society, especially enterprises, are encouraged and supported to actively support vocational education and focus on cultivating high-quality