| After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, governments and the Communist Party of China at various levels have attached more and more importance to the development of high education. Particularly after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the reform and development of higher education have made significant achievements. A higher education system with various forms, which encompasses basically all branches of learning, combines both degree-education and non-degree education and integrates college education, undergraduate education and graduate education, has taken shape.
1 THE SCALE OF HIGHER EDUCATI0N
In 1998, there were all together 1984 Higher Education Institutions£¨HEIs£©, among which 1022 were Regular HEIs and the other 962 were higher education institutions for adults£® In l998, the total number of new entrant admitted by and the total enrollment of the regular HEIs were respectively 1,083,600 and 3, 408, 800£®The total number of new entrant admitted by and the total enrollment of new recruitment and total enrollment of adult higher education institutions were 1,001,400 and 2,822,200£®The total number of graduate students newly admitted by HEIs and research
institutions was 72,500, among which l5, 000 were for PH.D and 57, 300 for master's degree. The total enrollment for graduate students was 198,900 in 1998. Form the year 1990 to 1998, the number of college students and university students has increased by 67£¥, from 3,729,000 to 6,231 and that for graduate students has increased by ll4£¥ from 93,000 to l98,900£® By the end of 1997, the net enrollment rate of HEIs has reached 9.07£¥. Self-study examinations for higher education, non-degree higher education of various forms and further education also have made big strides.
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