Education Policy

China’s development needs put vocational education in the spotlight

Data from the Seventh National Census shows that the total size of China’s working-age population has decreased by 45.24 million, with the proportion of the total population falling from 70.14 percent to 63.35 percent. The economy that once depended on…

2021-08-10

Abandoned school highlights unpredictable demand for rural education

From 2009 to 2020, Hong Kong artist Louis Koo (known as Gu Tianle in mainland China), donated money to build a total of 137 schools in rural China. But the celebrity was recently hit by claims on social media that…

2021-07-29

More blind students use braille for 2021 Gaokao than past years

The National College Entrance Examinations in China or gaokao commenced officially on June 7. More than 10.78 million students this year throughout the country registered for the exam that determines their academic fate for the next few years. Among the…

2021-06-09

China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation officially opens office in Ethiopia

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation has officially registered an office in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. This is the foundation’s third overseas office, after the ones it set up in Nepal and Myanmar. As the CFPA announced on…

2019-09-23

A story from Project Hope

Editor’s Note This is an abbreviated and slightly modified translation of an article originally published by 北京晚报, and re-posted by the WeChat account of the China Philanthropy Research Institute at Beijing Normal University on the 16th of August (find the…

2019-08-26

China’s Preschool Education Law soon to be drafted

The National Department of Education announced on November 28 that the “pre-school education law” has entered the NPC’s legislative process. The Department is now drafting the document and establishing a mechanism of supervision. Lu Yugang, the secretary of the department…

2018-12-04

A national system of subsidies for impoverished students takes shape

Editor’s Note This is a summary of an article published by the China Philanthropy Research Institute (CPRI) of Beijing Normal University on the 26th of November 2018. You can find the original here. At present China’s system for subsidizing…

2018-11-28

Haider Yaqub, Plan International: Supporting Children in Rural China

Haider Yaqub, country director for Plan International, talks to CDB about his organization's work in supporting children's development and fighting gender biases in China.

2018-09-14

Volunteer teaching program for college students turns out to be a scam

It has been reported that hundreds of college students in Shanxi province were recently the victims of a scam after they signed up for a volunteer teaching summer program. 支教 (lit. educational support) programs, through which volunteers go and teach…

2017-07-18

Tsinghua University’s facilities for disabled students in the spotlight

A dialogue between Tsinghua University and a disabled student named Wei Xiang preparing to attend the elite institution in Beijing recently attracted the Chinese public’s attention. In a public letter to the University, Wei Xiang addressed his family situation and…

2017-07-07

The Gaokao is here again, but what about educational equality?

Editor’s Note This is an abbreviated translation of an article that appeared in C计划-蓝方 on June 7th. The article appeared in conjunction with the beginning of the gaokao, China’s annual college entrance exam. The unequal grade requirements that students from…

2017-06-08

More than 80% of Chinese female graduates face employment discrimination

Zhang Yun, a fresh graduate from the Hunan University of Technology, is having trouble finding a job. She has decided to go to yet another Hunan Province job fair, in order to look for a job in Civil Engineering. “When…

2016-11-22

CDB Reports

Abandoned school highlights unpredictable demand for rural education

More blind students use braille for 2021 Gaokao than past years

China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation officially opens office in Ethiopia

A story from Project Hope

China’s Preschool Education Law soon to be drafted

A national system of subsidies for impoverished students takes shape

Haider Yaqub, Plan International: Supporting Children in Rural China

Volunteer teaching program for college students turns out to be a scam

Tsinghua University’s facilities for disabled students in the spotlight

The Gaokao is here again, but what about educational equality?

More than 80% of Chinese female graduates face employment discrimination

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