The content of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) has not been removed from history textbooks for Grade Eight, or Grade Two of Junior Middle Schools, the People's Education Press said in an online statement on its official website on Wednesday.

In response to rumors that relevant content was taken out from the new version of the history textbook, the publisher said that a special section has been arranged for this historical event in the textbook for the spring term.

The Cultural Revolution will be discussed in "Lesson 6: Arduous Exploration and Achievements in Development," in which the background, process and harm of the event will be introduced, the publisher said.

According to the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Cultural Revolution, which lasted a decade from the mid-1960s, was "a major detour in the development path of the Party and the nation."

In a commentary published on the newspaper in 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, the event was called "a mistake... that cannot and will not be allowed to repeat itself."

Textbooks of the People's Education Press are used in the majority of primary schools and middle schools in China. The new version of the history textbook was first adopted in the autumn term in 2017. 

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