20-34  Student-Teacher Ratio by Level of Regular Schools by Region
Year	Primary	Junior	Regular	Vocational	Regular	Regular
			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
2008	18.38	16.07	16.78	23.47	31.27	17.23	17.21	17.27
Beijing	13.54	10.83	11.04	13.11	32.89	16.04	16.41	13.47
Tianjin	13.54	11.54	12.73	15.42	20.39	16.53	16.51	16.57
Hebei	15.02	14.16	16.75	22.92	29.56	17.91	17.99	17.75
Shanxi	16.62	14.82	15.89	21.65	32.30	16.41	16.09	17.01
Inner Mongolia	13.48	13.44	17.66	16.92	26.79	16.93	16.88	17.00
Liaoning	15.67	14.18	17.02	19.08	19.87	17.10	17.35	16.05
Jilin	11.62	13.58	17.79	19.06	19.33	17.27	17.53	15.79
Heilongjiang	12.59	13.44	15.52	16.08	28.40	17.33	17.71	16.33
Shanghai	14.42	12.83	11.20	17.85	23.81	16.88	16.78	17.45
Jiangsu	16.02	14.83	15.15	18.28	36.41	16.09	16.27	15.83
Zhejiang	19.80	15.73	14.13	21.48	26.10	17.86	17.50	18.64
Anhui	20.73	19.79	21.14	38.94	36.56	18.51	18.43	18.64
Fujian	15.41	15.32	14.25		25.04	17.08	17.28	16.66
Jiangxi	21.41	15.41	16.77	25.32	42.51	16.34	16.96	15.45
Shandong	16.32	13.07	15.00	20.71	26.20	16.48	16.28	16.87
Henan	21.36	17.53	20.18	24.98	42.21	18.05	18.01	18.13
Hubei	17.92	15.95	18.83	31.72	36.70	17.30	17.15	17.72
Hunan	18.32	12.34	16.46	24.07	48.77	17.68	17.59	17.82
Guangdong	22.96	20.13	16.42	19.61	29.77	18.68	18.39	19.25
Guangxi	20.40	18.04	18.55		26.97	17.26	16.96	17.68
Hainan	17.24	19.24	17.51	19.62	49.36	19.33	19.56	18.92
Chongqing	18.83	18.22	19.23	28.18	54.09	17.43	17.73	16.58
Sichuan	21.09	18.60	17.86	30.15	33.44	18.21	18.01	18.70
Guizhou	23.49	19.53	18.56	32.85	43.33	17.26	16.42	18.84
Yunnan	19.89	18.17	15.54	23.19	28.95	16.63	16.83	16.20
Tibet	17.24	17.15	17.01		41.88	15.92	16.59	14.05
Shaanxi	15.84	16.61	18.13	27.96	42.44	17.01	16.80	17.74
Gansu	19.03	17.88	17.40	24.32	22.33	18.22	18.11	18.48
Qinghai	19.70	15.15	14.39	56.05	27.14	14.77	13.76	17.93
Ningxia	20.98	17.84	16.70	33.45	43.06	17.38	16.18	20.13
Xinjiang	15.15	13.31	14.57	16.09	28.01	16.40	16.41	16.37
a) Of the student-teacher ratio of regular institution of higher education, full-time teachers include those from other schools.