During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, China has built the largest higher education system in the world. At today's press conference, Yanwu, director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, introduced a set of data: during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the gross enrollment rate of higher education in China has been increasing from 40.0% in 20 15 to 510.6% in 20 19, and the total number of students has reached 40.02 million.
In addition to higher education, the scale of graduate education talents in China has also "exceeded" the target. According to Hong Dayong, director of the Department of Degree Management and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education, up to now, all the indicators of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" for postgraduate education have been fully completed.