Reform of the history curriculum in China’s secondary schools

China is a country that attaches much importance to historical education, inherits Chinese culture and revives the national spirit through historical education. Over the past hundred years, especially since the founding of New China (PRC), historical education in secondary schools has made significant progress despite the country’s development difficulties. The article analyzes the achievements in reforming history education in secondary schools in terms of improving, evolving, and changing the history curriculum. The reform has been carried out with a view to improving historical education in secondary schools in PRC. The article will be useful for the exchange of experience in historical education between the PRC, Russia and other interested countries.