On Tuesday, January 7, 2020,China’s Ministry of Education  banned all primary and junior high schools from using overseas textbooks. If domestic textbooks cannot meet their needs, high schools, vocational schools, and Chinese-foreign-run schools are encouraged to use foreign textbooks that have been translated and published by Chinese publishing houses, the ministry said in a regulation cited by China Daily.

High schools, vocational colleges, and universities can use overseas textbooks in accordance with relevant state policies, the regulation added. According to the state media, some schools in Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong Province have used overseas textbooks as a supplement to their English teaching.