China's population with higher education reaches 270 million

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China now has 270 million people with a higher education background, Vice Minister of Education Wang Guangyan said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Wang also cited figures from earlier stages of the education system: the gross enrollment rate for preschool education reached 92.9 percent, and the retention rate for compulsory education stood at 96.1 percent.

The gross enrollment rate for senior secondary education, he added, reached 92 percent.