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and strengthened administration."
In 1997 the State Council promulgated Regulations for
the Running of Schools by Social Circles, establishing
the legal status of Minban (non-government-run)education.
This is the first set of administrative regulations for
Minban (non-government-run)education in China. At the
Third National Conference on Education held in 1999, the
status of Minban (non-government-run)education changed
from "a supplement to government-run education"
to "being equal to government-run education."
In fact, Minban (non-government-run)education has been
included in the legislative plan of China's top law-making
body, the National People's Congress.
A school system
run by social circles that is of a considerable size,
covers different modes of education and offers many branches
of learning has played an active role in easing China's
shortage of educating capacity. By 2000, there were a
total of 54,000 Minban (non-government-run)schools and
educational institutions with a combine enrollment of
close to 7 million. They included 44,317 Minban (non-government-run)
kindergartens (or 25.2 percent of the number of kindergartens
in the country), with 2.8426 million children (or 12.7
percent of children in kindergartens throughout the country);
4,341 Minban (non-government-run) primary schools (0.78
percent of the total number of primary schools in the
country), with 1.3081 students (1 percent of the primary
school students in the country); 3,316 Minban (non-government-run)
middle and high schools (4.3 percent of the total number
of middle and high schools in the country), with 1.4947
students (2 percent of the primary and high school students
in the country); 999 Minban (non-government-run) vocational
middle schools (11.3 percent of the total number of vocational
middle schools in the country), with 303,400 students
(6.03 percent of the vocational middle school students
in the country); 43 Minban (non-government-run) schools
of higher learning which enjoy the right to issue diplomas
or certificates, and 1,282 Minban (non-government-run)
schools of higher learning which do not enjoy the right
to issue diplomas or certificates, with 981,700 students
who register to study in these schools-these include some
370 Minban (non-government-run) institutions of higher
learning chosen as pilot schools to provide diploma-oriented
studies, with 297,000 registered students. The Minban
(non-government-run)school system has not only made up
educational fund deficiencies but also diversified forms
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