Author(s)

Han Yuhui ¹, Wang Jingqi ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Teacher Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024, China

Corresponding Author

Han Yuhui

ABSTRACT

In 2025, China launched a child-rearing subsidy system, marking a new stage in the implementation of fertility support policies. However, the child-rearing subsidy still faces the challenge of transforming from "economic compensation" to "developmental support" during the pilot phase. This article adopts a comparative research method and analyzes the universal early education policy in Denmark based on five dimensions: eligibility, accessibility, affordability, flexibility, and quality. The research finds that Denmark has established a mature system oriented towards children's development through fiscal sharing, diversified subsidies, quality binding, and policy coordination. In contrast, China still has room for improvement in early education. Therefore, this article proposes exploration paths for China to build a child development support system from five aspects: goal reconstruction, tool innovation, system coordination, fairness deepening, and quality traction, in order to promote the construction of a child-friendly society.

KEYWORDS

Universal Early Education, Parenting Subsidy, Child Development Support System

CITE THIS PAPER

Han Yuhui, Wang Jingqi. The Experience of Denmark's Universal Early Education Policy and the Exploration of a Chinese Pathway. Transactions on Comparative Education (2026). Vol. 8, No.1, 1-6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2026.080101.

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