Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in China?
Banned
Corporal punishment is officially banned in schools under the Compulsory Education Law of 1986.
China is one of 41 countries classified “Banned” for corporal punishment in schools — 84% of the 49 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: School corporal punishment
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- Banned All forms of corporal punishment are prohibited nationwide since March 2021.
- Myanmar
- Legal Caning is commonly used by teachers as a punishment in Myanmar schools.
- Taiwan
- Banned Corporal punishment in the school system was made illegal in 2006.
- Nepal
- Banned All corporal punishment, both in school and in the home, has been banned since 2018.
- Vietnam
- Banned Corporal punishment is technically unlawful in schools under the Education Law 2005.
- India
- Banned Corporal punishment is prohibited in schools by the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.
Other laws in China
- Death Penalty
- Retained / in use
- Gun Laws
- Highly restrictive / banned
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
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