20-36 Student-Teacher Ratio by Level of Regular Schools by Region
Year
			Regular	Vocational	Regular	Regular
	Primary	Junior	Senior	Senior	Specialized	Institution	Undergraduate	Specialized
Region	School	Secondary	Secondary	Secondary	Secondary	of Higher	Courses	Courses
		School	School	School	School	Education
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
2009	17.88	15.47	16.30	23.65	27.82	17.27	17.23	17.35
Beijing	13.14	10.48	10.27	12.27	22.66	15.93	16.24	13.73
Tianjin	13.37	10.84	12.51	12.74	15.87	16.64	16.52	16.94
Hebei	15.21	12.99	16.01	24.88	25.42	17.70	17.84	17.45
Shanxi	15.73	14.40	15.66	20.99	23.26	16.67	16.44	17.12
Inner Mongolia	13.00	12.96	16.69	18.62	21.36	17.77	17.46	18.23
Liaoning	15.07	13.39	16.49	17.74	16.97	16.83	17.12	15.62
Jilin	11.39	12.78	16.96	20.95	18.06	17.67	17.77	17.08
Heilongjiang	12.28	13.03	15.16	17.84	23.29	17.15	17.25	16.91
Shanghai	15.16	12.67	10.51	17.31	24.19	16.96	16.79	17.89
Jiangsu	15.55	13.61	14.42	20.51	25.60	16.08	16.20	15.91
Zhejiang	19.11	14.77	14.14	19.25	24.21	17.32	17.05	17.89
Anhui	19.59	18.50	20.44	30.83	35.38	18.35	18.04	18.86
Fujian	15.29	14.23	13.74		28.32	17.07	17.37	16.49
Jiangxi	20.98	16.05	16.26	28.38	28.99	16.57	17.10	15.80
Shandong	16.07	13.15	13.99	19.66	20.77	16.80	16.37	17.60
Henan	21.51	17.06	19.19	25.76	29.49	17.79	18.04	17.40
Hubei	18.13	14.71	18.18	29.05	36.85	17.51	17.24	18.22
Hunan	18.74	12.31	15.28	24.55	32.78	18.07	17.96	18.22
Guangdong	21.22	19.63	16.23	21.49	32.01	18.64	18.91	18.15
Guangxi	19.78	17.47	18.16		30.02	17.40	17.08	17.89
Hainan	15.93	18.01	17.10	26.03	45.59	18.91	18.83	19.05
Chongqing	17.72	17.37	19.67	31.95	39.73	17.46	17.80	16.51
Sichuan	20.13	17.57	18.62	30.57	32.00	18.02	17.90	18.32
Guizhou	22.94	19.58	18.51	33.65	31.53	17.32	16.73	18.61
Yunnan	19.00	17.65	15.39	24.05	29.63	17.07	17.16	16.89
Tibet	16.33	16.31	14.11		34.67	15.82	15.73	16.10
Shaanxi	15.22	15.39	17.79	28.70	27.12	17.17	16.84	18.31
Gansu	18.05	17.54	17.30	24.38	23.89	18.51	18.56	18.38
Qinghai	19.90	15.58	14.34	16.29	31.82	13.48	12.54	16.39
Ningxia	20.07	16.37	16.44	32.68	31.42	17.55	16.46	20.09
Xinjiang	14.70	12.62	14.19	22.51	17.05	16.25	16.15	16.42
a) Of the student-teacher ratio of regular institution of higher education, full-time teachers include those from other schools.