Bridging the past, present and future in Chinese music education

Abstract

China has the largest education system in the world. This paper provides an overview of how Chinaís music education system is organized, and how reforms, both past and current, have reshaped music education in China over time. Employing the methods of the analysis of scientific resources and documents, the paper focuses on the challenges that China is facing in its efforts to modernize the curriculum for basic music education. It can be stated that since the founding of the Peopleís Republic of China, music education in China has achieved unprecedented progress and development, at the same time music education is also moving towards the direction of modernization