Shenzhen school uniforms have made the trending list, and netizens are all shouting 'so good'—what’s good is not the looks, but the way it works: all primary and secondary schools in the city use a uniform blue-and-white sports style. Schools do not take part in design, bidding, or sales; parents buy them themselves from supermarkets, stationery stores, or even delivery platforms. The cheap ones cost less than 20 yuan, and there’s no need to buy them again when moving up to the next school or transferring.

In many places, the school-uniform ecosystem is quite different: each school has its own style, the school handles bidding, the price is high and the quality is poor, and there is still room for利益输送. Shenzhen’s approach is to reduce the power involved: the education bureau only sets standards and supervises quality. Each uniform has a regulatory code for traceability, more than a hundred companies compete on the same stage, and parents vote with their feet.

Some people complain that a unified style suppresses individuality. That’s only half true—school uniforms are first and foremost clothes, and only secondarily a symbol. When school uniforms are tied to an interest chain, what children wear is actually the parents’ frustration. Do you think this homework of 'unified standards + open market + strict supervision' can be copied by other cities? How much does a set of school uniforms cost where you live?#深圳校服