Education Takes Off in China

In 2001, China's spending in education was 3.19% of the nation's GDP, up from 2.41% in 1995 but still a far cry from world average. By the end of 2001, adult illiteracy in China had dropped to less than 30 million from 61.71 million in 1990 (less than 5%). The gross enrolment rate for higher education among the 18-22-year-old population rose from 7.2% in 1995 to 13.3% in 2001. By the end of 2001, privately-run educational institutions had numbered 56,274 enrolling 9.23 million students; h…