The number of people in China with higher education has reached 270 million
China's education system: the largest in the world in scale, leading in accessibility and equity, with 270 million people having received higher education College and university classification reform is accelerating, with research-oriented, application-oriented, and skills-oriented institutions working in coordination. Click to learn more
On the 23rd, China's Ministry of Education introduced in Beijing that China has now built the world's largest education system with quality, and its level of educational access and equity ranks among the highest in the world. The population that has received higher education has reached 270 million.
At a press conference held that day by the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Education said that the role of higher education in serving independent scientific and technological innovation and talent cultivation continues to strengthen. Universities led the winning of most awards in the general projects of the three major 2025 National Science and Technology Awards, and vocational education has also supplied a large number of highly skilled talents to modern industries.
Regarding reforms in universities, the relevant departments proposed advancing classified reform according to different schoolrunning orientations such as researchoriented, applicationoriented, and skillsoriented, further optimizing the structure of universities and the structure of talent cultivation. In the future, researchoriented universities will focus more on major national strategic needs, applicationoriented universities will serve regional highquality development, and skillsoriented universities will be more closely aligned with the front lines of industry and production practice.