The provincial Department of Personnel, Department of Finance and Department of Education jointly decided that starting from January 1 this year, teaching allowances for rural teachers will be implemented. The recipients are officially employed full-time teachers in junior schools (including special education schools) below the township level (excluding urban townships). The distribution standards are as follows: rural teachers with 1-5 years of teaching experience will receive a monthly allowance of RMB 60-280 yuan according to their professional technical post ranks; administrators in rural schools will receive RMB 90-280 yuan/month. For each additional 5-year teaching period, the monthly allowance will increase by RMB 30 yuan, up to a maximum of RMB 400 yuan/month. Teachers who transfer away from or retire from rural schools will no longer enjoy such allowances.