On March 1, 2024, the Ministry of Education reviewed China's educational progress in 2023. The country had 498,300 schools of all levels, with 291 million students enrolled and 18.92 million full-time teachers.

Preschool education

There were 274,400 kindergartens with 40.93 million children enrolled in preschool education. The number of full-time teachers in preschool education reached 3.07 million, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.32:1, indicating an improvement from the previous year.