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The adult
education is managed by the Ministry of Education. The
departments of vocational education and adult education,
higher education, fundamental education are responsible
for the relevant affairs of adult education. All education
departments of provinces, autonomous districts, cities,
counties, and towns have established management organizations
for adult education and employed full time staff. The
non-government cooperators are National Labor Union, National
Women Union and Communism Youth League. These organizations
are responsible for the guarantee and promotion of adult
education to workers, women and youths. China Science
Association is responsible for the education and training
of technical knowledge and promotion of skills application
among adults. Another important cooperator of the Ministry
of Education is China Adult Education Association, which
was established in 1981 and is a social group for national
teaching staff of adult education. Its task is to publicize,
organize and coordinate adult education activities, provide
consulting and training, publish periodicals, and communicate
home and abroad. China Adult Education Association joined
the International Adult Education Council in 1983, and
joined Asian and Pacific Adult Education Association in
1988. Under the Council are organizations including Anti-Illiteracy
Research Institute, Research Institute for Adult Education,
and Research Institute for Rural Adults. Other organizations
include the Chinese Association for Education of Workers
and the China Association for Continued Education.
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