By the end of 2021, there were about 291 million students in school in China, the country's Ministry of Education said, as it released a series of education-related statistics on Tuesday. According to the ministry, in 2021, the country had a total of 529,300 schools and academic institutions of all levels. The ministry added that there were roughly 18.44 million full-time teachers in China by the end of 2021, a 500,000-some increase from 2020.
2021年全国教育事业统计主要结果3月1日发布。截至2021年底，全国共有各级各类学校52.93万所，在校生2.91亿人，专任教师1844万人，较2020年增加约50万人。