Xiumin Hong

As the Director of the Institute (Department) of Early Childhood Education at Beijing Normal University, Prof. Hong has devoted her academic career to the advancement of early childhood education in China. Her research spans crucial areas such as young children’s social and emotional learning, professional development for teachers, and early childhood education and care policy. She is a member of the Committee for Early Childhood Education and Care of the Ministry of Education in China. She is also a vice chairman and secretary general of China National Society of Early Childhood Education and has been an editorial board member for academic journals in the field. Her scientific research is prolific and impactful, leading major projects funded by national bodies, focused on issues like early childhood care and education systems and the allocation of educational resources in the era of new fertility policies, theoretical and practical dimensions of early childhood development, teacher professional growth, and early education policy in China, making foundational contributions to policy and practice.

作为北京师范大学学前教育研究所（系）所长，洪秀敏教授致力于研究和积极推动中国学前教育事业的发展。她的研究领域涉及幼儿社会情感学习、教师专业发展以及学前教育与托育政策等领域。她是教育部基础教育学前教育保教指导专委会委员，中国学前教育研究会副理事长兼秘书长，也是多本该领域学术期刊的编委。她主持和承担多项国家级资助的重大项目，发表了丰硕的成果，重点关注新生育政策时代下的学前教育与托育服务及教育资源分配问题，幼儿发展的理论与实践问题、教师专业成长的政策制定与实践等议题，为政策与实践提供了重要理论支持。

Keynote Speech: Ensuring Universality, Equity and Quality: Changes and Challenges of Early Childhood Education Policies and Practices in China

主题演讲：确保普及、公平与质量：中国学前教育政策与实践的进展与挑战

Abstract:

Public welfare is the fundamental attribute of Early childhood education (ECE) in China. In the past fifteen years, the Chinese government had placed great emphasis on ensuring universality, equity and quality of ECE. It had not only introduced a series of policies and regulations but also consistently implemented National ECE Action Plans. Through persistent and steady efforts and practices, China had successfully established a public service system for ECE that provides wide coverage, basic guarantees, and ensures quality to equitably benefit every child. Facing the new situation, China still encounters dual challenges of structural optimization and quality improvement . It is urgent to improve the public service system of ECE with improving the quality as the core goal, promoting fairness as the important principle, and accelerating the establishment and perfection of guarantee mechanism as the innovation power.

摘要：

公益普惠是中国学前教育的根本属性。过去十五年间，中国政府高度重视学前教育的普及、公平与质量，不仅出台了一系列政策法规，还持续实施国家级学前教育行动计划。通过不懈努力与实践，中国已建成广覆盖、保基本、有质量的学前教育公共服务体系，使每个儿童公平受益。面对新形势，中国仍需应对“结构优化”与“质量提升”的双重挑战。亟需以质量提升为核心目标、以促进公平为重要原则、以健全保障机制为创新动力，进一步完善学前教育公共服务体系。