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It argues that school choice governing in China basically experienced three stages since the middle of 1990s, namely controlling “choice fees,” promoting equalization and equity as well as comprehensive governance toward greater quality and equity. The effective implementation of these policy measures is gradually cooling down the “choice fever” in urban areas and restoring order for student enrollment in compulsory education, but great challenges are still lying ahead since the problem of school choice turns to be “wicked” in nature and cannot be simply solved within the education sector.  \nOriginality/Value: This article contributes to the global discourse of school choice research with much updated information of policy initiatives and the newly emerged situations since 2014, calling for close attention and deeper research from researchers both from China and from abroad.  \nKeywords  \nComplexity, educational governance, policy intervention, school choice  \nDate received: 10 October 2018; accepted: 26 February 2019  \nOver the past two decades, school choice policies remain a popular and controversial reform option internationally. There already exists a sizable body of research on the topic, one that is constantly growing. In recent years, certain English-language articles have been published addressing the topic  \nCorresponding author:  \nHui Dong, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Rd., Shanghai 200062, China.  \nEmail: [dong_hui@vip.126.com](dong_hui@vip.126.com)  \nCreative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons  \nAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License ([http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/](http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)) which permits noncommercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages ([https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage](https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage)).  \nof school choice in China (see, e.g. , Wu, 2008, 2011, 2014) . These articles have provided valuable insight into the international academic community regarding school choice policies and practices in the world’s most populous country. Prior studies, however, generally fail to reflect the most recent trends affecting school choice in China. This article strives to provide an up-to-date reference for the international academic community. We cover the Chinese government’s core policies affecting school choice and describe the general pattern of their evolution over the past 20 years. We conclude by presenting the challenges China faces today with respect to the issue of school choice.  \nThe past: School choice and policy intervention in an era of “chaos”  \nAs a global social movement","cbCailKjX0ED9FbG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailKjX0ED9FbG","pdf",165730,"English","# Abstract\n# Purpose\n# Design/Approach/Methods\n# Findings\n# Originality/Value\n# Keywords\n# Background and International Context\n# The Past: School choice and policy intervention in an era of “chaos”\n## Bottom-up dynamics and legitimacy\n## Parents’ channel use and decision factors\n## Negative influences and public attitudes","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this article on school choice in China?\",\"answer\":\"It presents a narrative of central government policy interventions over the past 20 years and discusses challenges facing governments and society in the new era.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article approach and analyze the topic?\",\"answer\":\"It conceptually analyzes policy texts and uses a literature review to interpret the evolution of school choice governance.\"},{\"question\":\"What three stages of school choice governance does the article identify?\",\"answer\":\"The article argues governance experienced three stages since the mid-1990s: controlling “choice fees,” promoting equalization and equity with comprehensive governance, and moving toward greater quality and equity.\"}]","School Choice in China - Past, Present, and Future | PDF",1792091750,23]