20-37  Student-Teacher Ratio by Level of Regular Schools by Region
	(Number of Teachers=1)
Year Region			Regular	Vocational	Regular	Regular
	Primary	Junior	Senior	Senior	Specialized	Institution	Undergraduate	Specialized
	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
2010	17.70	14.98	15.99	23.66	26.10	17.33	17.38	17.21
2011	17.71	14.38	15.77	21.59	31.53	17.42	17.48	17.28
Beijing	13.38	9.90	9.60	12.82	25.65	16.18	16.39	14.47
Tianjin	13.84	10.13	12.23	12.44	15.18	17.03	16.95	17.27
Hebei	17.09	12.47	14.77	17.70	31.35	17.89	17.99	17.68
Shanxi	14.68	13.77	15.19	20.76	24.61	17.03	16.91	17.29
Inner Mongolia	12.36	12.65	15.76	16.02	30.09	17.63	18.15	16.94
Liaoning	14.91	11.79	15.50	16.77	18.66	16.95	17.29	15.67
Jilin	11.81	11.20	17.38	16.41	21.01	17.36	17.60	16.05
Heilongjiang	12.69	12.17	14.92	14.70	27.47	16.16	16.71	14.53
Shanghai	15.81	12.48	9.70	12.21	20.55	16.92	16.91	16.96
Jiangsu	16.38	11.41	13.25	16.75	23.43	15.65	16.32	14.64
Zhejiang	19.73	12.96	14.19	20.81	23.11	17.21	16.98	17.73
Anhui	18.23	15.46	18.38	25.80	28.98	18.77	18.65	18.96
Fujian	15.84	11.83	13.55		32.23	17.19	17.19	17.21
Jiangxi	21.25	16.36	16.47	27.92	42.54	16.85	17.04	16.50
Shandong	16.67	13.11	13.79	18.21	26.16	17.06	16.88	17.43
Henan	22.04	16.58	18.17	23.66	42.13	17.83	18.13	17.34
Hubei	19.37	13.23	16.37	25.79	29.09	17.53	17.62	17.31
Hunan	19.59	12.48	15.01	21.01	59.12	18.42	18.30	18.61
Guangdong	19.01	17.87	16.08	22.78	36.78	18.88	18.91	18.83
Guangxi	19.50	16.84	17.96		40.88	17.45	17.53	17.33
Hainan	14.84	15.63	17.08	22.75	54.10	18.80	18.90	18.61
Chongqing	16.95	15.51	18.95	26.53	43.32	17.43	17.90	16.33
Sichuan	18.98	16.09	18.27	25.94	35.39	18.31	18.40	18.09
Guizhou	20.74	19.23	19.02	28.35	41.90	17.47	17.12	18.17
Yunnan	18.06	17.21	15.38	26.24	39.74	18.49	18.12	19.23
Tibet	15.45	14.95	13.15		32.68	15.51	14.03	19.35
Shaanxi	14.83	12.98	17.48	27.81	37.72	17.92	17.66	18.84
Gansu	15.57	15.22	17.03	17.32	21.79	18.73	19.09	17.99
Qinghai	19.77	15.18	13.88	12.59	34.03	13.98	13.49	15.28
Ningxia	19.32	15.90	15.81	26.12	65.18	18.19	17.10	20.40
Xinjiang	14.20	11.46	13.84	26.93	22.42	16.65	16.00	17.72
a) Of the student-teacher ratio of regular institution of higher education, full-time teachers include those from other schools.