Figures Tell

8.22 billion

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-12 15:34

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Over the past five years, 8.22 billion yuan in government funding has been invested in education to improve school facilities and raise literacy rates and the quality of education. The special annual educational subsidies for the children of Tibetan farmers and herders have been increased from 353 yuan 22 years ago to an average of 1,450 yuan in 2007.

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