China – Fact File
The 2010 Government Census recorded the population of China at 1.34 billion people, covering an area of 9.6 million square kilometers, across four time zones.
In 2010 the MOE reported that the net enrollment rate of primary-school-age children had reached 99.8 percent Internet Users:
Number of Elementary schools: In 2010, there were 280,184 elementary schools in China with a total of 17,388,465 students enrolled (www.chinaeducenter.com) Elementary School in China: Elementary school, referred to as Primary School in China, is from Year 1 (5 years old) through to Year 6 (11 years old) |