In January, the Yichang Education Bureau issued the notice of the 2023 document No.1: Measures to Strengthen the Sleep Management of Primary and Secondary School Students of Yichang. Clear requirements are made in the Notice on the conditions of sleep, bedtime arrangements, homework management, off-campus training supervision, home-school collaboration. In addition, the management of student’s sleep is listed as one of the ten concrete actions on education in Yichang.

　　Concrete regulations are made in the Notice on the necessary sleep time, school schedule, bedtime of primary and middle school students: primary school students, middle school students, high school students should sleep 10 hours, 9 hours and 8 hours respectively; the morning class of primary schools and middle schools should generally not be earlier than 8:20 and 8:00 respectively, and the school shall not require students arrive at school ahead of time; the lunch break should be ensured if possible; the bedtime of primary school students, middle school students and high school students should generally not be later than 21:20, 22:00 and 23:00 respectively. (Reporter/Zheng Yan, Cai Chang, correspondent/Cao Jianqiang)