From the chinese press

Improving education a priority

In 1993, the government pledged to increase spending on education to 4 percent of China's GDP. Last year, it reiterated that pledge, which unfortunately has not fulfilled so far, says an article on eastday.com. Excerpts:

The target of allocating 4 percent of GDP to education was based on 1993 figures. Eighteen years have passed since then, and today the country's GDP is significantly higher. But the government is still to meet the target.