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China to expand preschool education

The Chinese government on Saturday said it aimed to see about 75 percent of preschool-age children receive three years of education ahead of primary schooling by 2016, up 7.5 percent from the current proportion. Three-year preschool education should be popularized in cities, towns and economically developed rural areas, according to a three-year plan on preschool education jointly released by the Education and Finance Ministries and the National Development and Reform Commission.