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China's Education Ministry: Gross higher education enrollment rate reached 61.3% in 2025, to implement classification evaluation
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On September 23, at a State Council Information Office press conference for the '15th Five-Year Plan' series, China's Ministry of Education Planning Department Director Guo Peng announced that the country's gross higher education enrollment rate reached 61.3% in 2025, with a total of 48.73 million students enrolled. This marks a historic transition from elite to mass to universal higher education. Guo stated that facing the world's largest higher education system, China cannot rely on a single track or model. The ministry plans to implement classification policies to better leverage the functions of various types of universities and better meet the diverse needs of the economy and society. The announcement was reported by CCTV News and summarized by financial data provider Jin10.
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Beijing, September 23 — At a press conference held today by the State Council Information Office as part of the "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" series, Guo Peng, Director of the Department of Development Planning at the Ministry of Education, announced that China's gross higher education enrollment rate reached 61.3% in 2025, with a total enrolled student population of 48.73 million.
This marks a historic transition from elite and mass education to universal access.
Facing the world's largest higher education system, Guo emphasized that a single track or model is no longer sufficient. Instead, differentiated policies are needed to better leverage the functions of various types of universities and institutions, and to better meet the diverse needs of economic and social development.
(Source: CCTV News)
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