The China Compulsory Education Quality Oversight Report presents an overall picture of Chinese students' moral，intellectual，and physical and aesthetic development in primary and lower secondary schools. Major findings are as follows：students demonstrated positive life values and commendable behaviors；students performed well in Chinese language，mathematics，and science；students generally liked their classes；most teachers were liked by students. Major problems include：an overemphasis was placed on intellectual abilities while physical and art education were underemphasized；students lacked critical thinking；students tended to have too much homework；teachers needed to improve their teaching skills；there was a low utilization rate for school teaching facilities. The following recommendations are made：speeding up the implementation of holistic education，deepening the reform of the assessment system，to standardize the management of primary and lower secondary schools，and improving teachers' professional competency.