The Ministry of Education issued a document mentioning that Shanghai is implementing the "Construction Standards for Ideological and Political Courses in Universities," requiring private universities to establish the awareness that "the School of Marxism is the primary school" and "ideological and political courses are the primary courses," and to fulfill their primary responsibility for the construction of ideological and political courses. Public data shows that the number of Schools of Marxism in universities nationwide has expanded 18-fold over twelve years (2012 to 2024).