From Policy Texts to Policy Implementation: Ecological Civilization Education in China

Jie Wu; Zhongjing Huang

doi:10.1007/978-981-95-2173-9_18

From Policy Texts to Policy Implementation: Ecological Civilization Education in China

Jie Wu
, Zhongjing Huang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Education

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

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Abstract

China’s ecological civilization (EC) education evolves from environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). This chapter aims to explore its core concepts and goals, analyze the specific content, and study the policy instruments to promote its implementation from the perspective of policies. Additionally, it focuses on how schools implement EC education during the compulsory education stage. In the future, China will further promote the development of EC education and strengthen international exchanges and cooperation to achieve the modernization goal of harmonious coexistence between human and nature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Springer International Handbooks of Education
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	569-594
Number of pages	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-2173-9_18
State	Published - 2026

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Name	Springer International Handbooks of Education
Volume	Part F1620
ISSN (Print)	2197-1951
ISSN (Electronic)	2197-196X

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

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EC education
Implementation
Policy concept
Policy content
Policy instruments

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