Use the written rules on sleep, homework, exercise, and rankings when discussing school demands

Nothing. Raise concerns with the school or local education authority when needed.

The 2021 sleep-management notice sets the ten-, nine-, and eight-hour targets and the morning start times above and prohibits mandatory organized teaching activities before the stated school arrival schedule. Recommended bedtimes are no later than 9:20 p.m. for primary pupils, 10:00 p.m. for junior secondary students, and 11:00 p.m. for senior secondary students. Off-campus training should end by 8:30 p.m., and live online training by 9:00 p.m. The notice prohibits gaming services for minors from 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.; this describes that document and is not the full set of subsequent gaming restrictions. China's October 2025 mental health measures require at least two hours of combined physical activity daily and encourage 15-minute breaks. They prohibit examination-based student rankings and mechanical repetitive or punitive homework and encourage one homework-free day each week.

Both are official education documents, but implementation differs substantially by locality and school, hence grade B. They provide a basis for discussing what the school is expected to do. For adult sleep, see chapter 2 and chapter 3.

General Office of the Ministry of Education (2021). Notice on further strengthening sleep management for primary and secondary students, Jiaojitinghan [2021] No. 11. https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2021-04/02/content_5597443.htm; General Office of the Ministry of Education (2025). Ten Measures for Strengthening Mental Health Work among Primary and Secondary Students, Jiaojiting [2025] No. 2. https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/202510/content_7045528.htm