The Civic Education in China:A Viewpoint of History of Ideas

The civic education is not born in China and thus its development is always influenced by external factors.Presently,the democratic and economic systems of China are improving,which indicates the great importance of a civic society and civic education.Reviewing the developmental ideas of the civic education in the country,the paper concludes a three-stage developmental course of the education:individual-based civic education,nation-based civic education and diverse civic education.The changing idea of civic education can be of help to the current building of civic society of our country.