20-34  Student-Teacher Ratio by Level of Regular Schools by Region
			Regular	Vocational	Regular	Regular
Year	Primary	Junior	Senior	Senior	Specialized	Institution	Undergraduate	Specialized
Region	School	Secondary	Secondary	Secondary	Secondary	of Higher
		School	School	School	School	Education	Courses	Courses
2004	19.98	18.65	18.65	19.10	28.13	16.22	17.44	13.15
2005	19.43	17.80	18.54	20.62	31.02	16.85	17.75	14.78
2006	19.17	17.15	18.13	22.16	31.67	17.80	17.61	18.26
2007	18.82	16.52	17.48	23.50	31.39	17.28	17.31	17.20
Beijing	13.83	11.18	11.99	12.85	31.86	14.90	15.92	12.67
Tianjin	13.28	12.21	13.61	16.28	24.13	16.47	16.34	16.69
Hebei	14.73	15.21	17.35	23.51	29.34	17.62	17.73	17.40
Shanxi	17.14	15.37	16.18	19.82	33.85	17.30	17.72	15.77
Inner Mongolia	13.75	14.19	18.78	17.30	29.08	17.45	17.51	17.29
Liaoning	15.96	14.44	18.05	18.56	19.30	16.29	16.22	16.36
Jilin	11.69	13.93	18.88	19.21	19.64	18.32	18.20	18.54
Heilongjiang	12.84	13.99	16.25	15.63	26.28	16.76	17.17	16.09
Shanghai	13.87	12.80	12.76	18.63	24.88	16.51	16.07	17.19
Jiangsu	16.61	15.74	15.64	21.59	41.68	18.14	18.09	18.21
Zhejiang	20.26	15.74	14.68	22.92	27.01	19.08	19.42	18.66
Anhui	21.57	20.74	22.70	38.37	41.07	16.41	15.96	17.32
Fujian	16.05	15.85	14.89		25.13	16.60	17.36	13.20
Jiangxi	21.08	15.10	17.25	26.72	47.34	17.66	17.85	17.23
Shandong	16.40	13.07	16.29	21.03	27.31	18.30	18.32	18.27
Henan	21.09	18.05	21.72	24.08	41.50	17.92	17.51	18.59
Hubei	18.07	17.05	19.11	33.13	33.84	17.81	17.94	17.60
Hunan	17.79	12.56	17.81	24.07	54.51	17.56	17.34	17.96
Guangdong	24.55	20.26	16.67	19.95	27.69	17.44	17.53	17.35
Guangxi	20.96	18.84	18.93		26.23	16.59	17.33	15.57
Hainan	18.79	20.50	17.55	20.20	50.85	17.03	16.64	17.61
Chongqing	19.90	18.29	18.61	29.27	52.53	17.66	18.08	16.75
Sichuan	22.75	19.05	17.99	27.40	33.19	18.11	17.80	18.72
Guizhou	24.29	19.75	18.68	33.40	41.38	17.16	16.09	19.44
Yunnan	20.36	18.34	15.67	21.08	29.57	16.42	16.75	15.66
Tibet	18.00	17.91	18.39		40.44	15.65	16.79	12.47
Shaanxi	16.70	17.48	19.36	28.45	37.42	16.39	16.76	15.55
Gansu	20.75	18.67	18.07	22.64	22.55	18.18	18.02	18.48
Qinghai	19.46	15.96	14.79	29.35	26.14	14.54	13.82	16.87
Ningxia	21.23	17.61	17.63	27.69	47.28	16.98	15.81	19.08
Xinjiang	15.41	13.90	14.78	14.18	25.42	16.42	16.95	15.50
a) Of the student-teacher ratio of regular institution of higher education, full-time teachers include those from other schools.