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Although some of the students in Shanghai and Hong Kong are the top performers in the Programme for International Student Assessment, China's educational system is still unique, which is shown in the importance of exam in the education, especially the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao) The Education Law in China announced to protect the right that teachers in China have. According to the Teacher's law of China, teachers' rights including obtaining salaries and remunerations on schedule and enjoy the welfare benefits prescribed by the State and the leave with pay in winter and summer vacations is strongly supported by Chinese government. In order to improve the Chinese education standards and cultivate the professional teachers, the law also set the rules about qualification system in China, People who want to become a teacher in China must get the official degree or passed the national teachers' qualification examinations. Although Shanghai and Hong Kong regularly perform highly in international assessments, Chinese education has both native and international detractors; common areas of criticism include its rigor; its emphasis on memorization and standardized testing; and the gap in quality of education between students of rural and urban areas. And the major factor of receiving criticism is the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao). Every year, in Jun.7th. and Jun. 8th., China would hold the world's largest and most important academic exam. But currently in China, Gaokao is not only a academic problem, it also"becomes a major obsession of the students' families, as well as a significant social, cultural and political concern of the whole nation. There are concerns about if the Examination in China is necessary, but as many of the Chinese scholar said, Gaokao is still the most fair selection process in China. Another reason that Chinese education is under criticize is the emphasizing of ideology and the political worship in the classroom. the freedom of speech is strictly controlled by Chinese government, any public condemnation and criticizing of Chinese political party and government system is strictly prohibited in the areas of Chinese mainland. Chinese government construct the thorough ideology education system when the child first come to school. In elementary school, this falls under the course on “ideological and moral education”; in middle school, it fallsunder “ideological and political education” (MEPRC 2001); in high school, this falls under courses on “Common Knowledge of Economics,” “Common Knowledge of Philosophy,” and “Common Knowledge of Politics.” These courses in elementary to high schools are mandatory. In college, all students are required to take “Basic Theory of Marxist Philosophy,” “Basic Theory of Marxist Economics,” “Basic Knowledge of Mao Zedong Thoughts,” “Basic Knowledge of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the ‘Three Represents,’” “Ideological and Moral Education,” “Basic Knowledge of Law,”“Modern History of China,” and “Political Situation and Policy.” In those courses, students are told to love the nation, love the party, and love the thoughts the Communist Party of China created. Chinese government think the saturation of ideology into basic education would consolidate the power of the government and improve the political stability, but those structures of education is being criticized by some educators because of the restriction of the free-speech in the current Chinese education system.