In 1993, the third plenary session of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party formulated a policy document regarding education reform, which included the following guiding principles regarding privately run schools: "Actively encourage. Strongly support. Correctly guide.
一九九三年中共第十四屆三中全會制定了《中國教育改革和發展綱要》，明確表達對民辦教育的十六字方針：「積極鼓勵、大力支持、正確引導、加強管理」。