The China Educational Development Yearbook, Volume 1

Yang Dongping is professor of education at the Beijing Institute of Technology.

International Advisory Board:
Jing Lin is Professor of International Education Policy at University of Maryland at College Park. She has published four books and numerous articles on Chinese education and society, focusing on social changes, school reform, equity issues and innovations in education. She has also published two books on peace education, entitled Love, Peace and Wisdom in Education (2006), and Transforming Education for Peace (2008).
Gerard Postiglione is Professor and Head, Division of Policy, Administration, and Social Science, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. He is editor of the journal Chinese Education and Society, and Director of the Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China. His most recent books are China’s Assimilationist Language Policy: The Impact on Indigenous/Minority Literacy and Social Harmony, with G. Beckett (London: Routledge Press. 2011) and Crossing Borders in East Asian Higher Education with D. Chapman and W. Cummings (Springer, 2010).

All those interested in developments in education and education policy in China. Also an excellent primary source for examining how researchers, policy makers, and educators in China discuss and analyze educational issues confronting their country.

Introduction
Gerard Postiglione

Educational Reform in China: An Overview
Yang Dongping
Funding for Compulsory Education in Rural Areas
Cheng Gang
Early Childhood Education in China: Problems and Solutions
Chu Zhaohui
Issues Involved When Seeking Balanced Development of Urban and Rural Compulsory Education
Fan Weichen
Compulsory Education for Migrant Children: A Case Study
Han Jialing
Educating the Children of Migrant Workers in Rural Areas
Ye Zhong, Tu Xiaoming
Curriculum Reform amid Controversy
Zhai Jinyu
The Current Situation of Rural Substitute Teachers in China
Zhu Yinnian
The Reform of China’s University Entrance Examination System
Wang Xiong, Zhu Zhengbiao
Chinese Ethnic Minorities and Bilingual Education
Teng Xing, Hai Lu
Improving the Quality of Higher Education in China
Shen Yushun
Bureaucracy in Chinese Universities
Xiong Bingqi
The Debt Crisis in China’s Colleges and Universities: Causes, Resolutions and Contradictions
Lin Li
Employment Issues Facing China’s College Graduates
Tian Yongpo
Reform of Financial Aid to University Students: Policy for Enhancing Equity
Shen Hong, Wei Li
The Development of Private Schools in China
Hu Wei, Xie Ximei and Chai Chunqing
Reform of Vocational Education in China
Xing Hui, Li Shiwei
Art Education in China
Li Gongming, Hu Bin
The Societal Push to Develop the Education System in 2007
Wang Sheng
The Current Status and Future Prospects of Education Legislation
Song Yanhui
The Innovation of Local Educational Systems
Cong Chunxia
Educational Corruption in China
Ren Jianming
The Remedy for Undesirable Academic Practices
Jing Jianbin
Satisfaction with Chinese Education: A 2007 Survey
21st Century Education Development Research Institute：Horizon Research Consultancy Group
Confucius Institutes and International Promotion of the Chinese Language
Wang Yan
Hong Kong and Macao University Recruitment of Mainland Chinese Students
Li Mei, Xue Wenzheng
A 2007 Summary of the Education System in Hong Kong
Zhao Zhenzhou
A Summary of Education in Taiwan in 2007
Huang Kunjin
The 2007 Almanac of Chinese Education
21st Century Education Development Research Institute