More than 400,000 overseas students from 205 countries studying in China: Minister of Education

16:33, October 22, 2017

• 

  China sees 85% pre-school enrollment rate by 2020: Minister of Education

  Chen Baosheng, Minister of Education, briefs on Chinese education development on October 22. (People's Daily Online/Yu Kai)China is aiming an pre-school enrollment rate of 85 percent by 2020, with public kindergartens accounting for more than 80 percent of all kindergartens, the education minister said.Chen Baosheng also said that China will work on easing the overwhelming homework faced by students, stressing

• 

  Teachers, resources urged for Mandarin learning

  （file photo:VCG）The United Kingdom's largest education-sector trade union is calling for British schools to be given more resources to support the teaching of Mandarin.The National Education Union made the call after the Department for Education reported modest results for its national Mandarin program. The progress report shows 382 students enrolled on the Mandarin Excellence Programme, which aims to have 5,000

• China cuts fees on businesses by more than 60 billion U.S. dollars

  China cut administrative fees on businesses by more than 420 billion yuan ($63.38 billion) during the past years to relieve their burden and stimulate the market.More than 60 percent of the reduction was made during 2013 to 2016 through drops in operation service fees and power use costs, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in October 24. All