20-1 BASIC STATISTICS ON EDUCATION
Item	1985	1990	1995	1997	1998
Number of Schools
Regular Institutions of Higher Education	1016	1075	1054	1020	1022
Secondary Schools	104848	100777	95216	92832	92071
# Specialized Secondary Schools	3557	3982	4049	4143	4109
Regular Secondary Schools	93221	87631	81020	78642	77888
Primary Schools	832309	766072	668685	628840	609626
Number of Full-time Teachers (10 000 persons)
Regular Institutions of Higher Education	34.4	39.5	40.1	40.5	40.7
Secondary Schools	296.7	349.2	388.3	418.6	431.2
# Specialized Secondary Schools	17.4	23.4	25.7	27.6	27.9
Regular Secondary Schools	265.2	303.3	333.4	358.7	369.7
Primary Schools	537.7	558.2	566.4	579.4	581.9
New Student Enrollment (10 000 persons)
Regular Institutions of Higher Education	61.9	60.9	92.6	100	108.4
Secondary Schools	1789.8	1815.8	2354.1	2501.5	2705.4
# Specialized Secondary Schools	66.8	73	138.1	162.1	166.8
Regular Secondary Schools	1606.9	1619.6	2025.9	2128.2	2321
Primary Schools	2298.2	2064	2531.8	2462	2201.4
Student Enrollment (10 000 persons)
Regular Institutions of Higher Education	170.3	206.3	290.6	317.4	340.9
Secondary Schools	5092.6	5105.4	6191.5	6995.2	7340.7
# Specialized Secondary Schools	157.1	224.4	372.2	465.4	498.1
Regular Secondary Schools	4706	4586	5371	6017.9	6301
Primary Schools	13370.2	12241.4	13195.2	13995.4	13953.8
Graduates (10 000 persons)
Regular Institutions of Higher Education	31.6	61.4	80.5	82.9	83
Secondary Schools	1279.1	1497.5	1636.9	1929.8	2124.1
# Specialized Secondary Schools	42.9	66.1	83.9	115.7	129.3
Regular Secondary Schools	1194.9	1342.1	1429	1664	1832
Primary Schools	1999.9	1863.1	1961.5	1960.1	2117.4
Student-teacher Ratio
Regular Institutions of Higher Education	5	5.2	7.2	7.8	8.4
Secondary Schools	17.2	14.6	15.9	16.7	17
Primary Schools	24.9	21.9	23.3	24.2	24
Total Expenditures for Education (100 million yuan)			1878.0	2531.7
# Government Expenditures for Education			1411.5	1862.5
# Budgetary Expenditures for Education			1028.4	1357.7

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