In 2022, China made great strides toward building a modern socialist nation by focusing on education as a central pillar of society. Under the guidance of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the education system fully implemented President Xi Jinping’s instructions on education and reached new heights of success. Presented below is a synopsis of China’s educational successes in 2022, broken down by level and subject area.

In 2022, China had 518,500 educational institutions of all kinds and all levels with 293 million students enrolled. The number of full-time teaching staff was 18,803,600. New entrants into the workforce on average received 14 years of formal education.

I. Pre-school education

In 2022, the gross enrollment rate at pre-school level was 89.7%, 1.6 percentage points higher than in the previous year.

There were 289,200 kindergartens across the country, including 245,700 affordable kindergartens, accounting for 84.96% of kindergartens nationwide.

The number of children enrolled in kindergartens reached 46,275,500. Children registered in affordable kindergartens totaled 41,440,500, an increase of 1.77% over the previous year, accounting for 89.55% of registered preschoolers.

Kindergarten faculty and staff numbered 3,244,200, marking an increase of 1.67% over the previous year. The percentage of full-time teachers in preschool education meeting qualification requirements reached 99.39% and 90.30% of them had a junior college education.

II. Compulsory education

In 2022, the completion rate of nine-year compulsory education was 95.5%, 0.1 percentage point higher than in the previous year.

1. Primary schools

There were 149,100 primary schools nationwide, with 107 million registered students. Newly admitted students in 2022 totaled 17,013,900.

The number of primary school faculty and staff was 6,629,400. The percentage of full-time teachers in primary education meeting qualification requirements reached 99.99%, and 98.90% of them had at least a three-year college education.

The surface area in regular primary schools across the country covered 889,618,000 m², 18,328,200 m

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