In 2000, education development accelerated in the course of reform and adjustment. Higher education developed fast with breakthrough in the reform of management system. There were 1,041 general universities in China with 5.56 million enrolled undergraduate students, including 2.21 million new entrants; and 772 institutions of adult higher education, with 3.54 million enrolled students, including 1.56 million new entrants. There were 738 universities or institutions that offered courses leading to postgraduate degrees, with 301,000 enrolled graduate students, including 129,000 new entrants. Senior secondary education was enlarged. There were 12.01 million students studying in 14,600 ordinary senior secondary schools including 4.73 million new entrants, and 12.95 million students in secondary vocational or technical schools of various types including 4.25 million new entrants. Progress was achieved in the implementation of 9-year compulsory education program and the targets set for eliminating illiteracy among the youth and the mid-aged were basically met. The 9-year compulsory education programme covered 85 percent of the total population, and the illiteracy rate of the youth and the mid-aged was lower than 5 percent. Students enrolled in junior secondary schools totaled 62.56 million, the new entrants stood at 22.96 million with an enrollment rate of 88.6 percent. Pupils enrolled in primary schools numbered 130.13 million, and the new entrants were 19.46 million, with the enrollment rate of primary-school-age children being 99.1 percent. The drop-off rate of junior secondary school and primary school students was 3.21 percent and 0.55 percent respectively. There were 378,000 students in special education schools, with 53,000 new entrants. There were 22.44 million kids in kindergartens. Adult technical training schools offered courses to 96.42 persons. A total of 2.58 million people completed basic literacy courses in 2000.
Statistical Communique of the People's Republic of China on the 2000 National Economic and Social Development
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