China implements a nationwide system to reduce compulsory education dropout rates, targeting vulnerable student groups.

China is implementing a nationwide system to reduce compulsory education dropout rates, focusing on vulnerable student groups. The Ministry of Education directs county-level education authorities to regularly check and report on dropout numbers, prioritizing orphans, rural children, migrant worker children, and criminal case adolescents. Schools are instructed to identify absent students, maintain family communication, and encourage dropouts to return.