This book systematically examines the development of educational supervision in China since the founding of the Communist Party of China from two perspectives: practical logic and comparative logic. It provides a comprehensive review of the global trends in educational supervision policies and practices across major countries while focusing on the construction of an educational supervision system with Chinese characteristics.

The book seeks to answer a fundamental theoretical question: What is educational supervision with Chinese characteristics? It identifies the cultural foundations of China's unique approach to educational supervision and highlights its key objectives and structural features. These include: ensuring educational equity and quality, establishing a highly coordinated educational supervision and management system, emphasizing the integration of administrative supervision and educational supervision, strengthening accountability mechanisms with real enforcement power (known as the "teeth" function of supervision). The insights presented in this book provide valuable guidance for China’s educational supervision practices and contribute to the ongoing refinement of a distinctively Chinese educational supervision system.