China’s education system has developed rapidly over the past four decades, expanding to provide opportunities to a larger number and wider range of people. At the beginning of the founding of New China, the country was home to an estimated 440 million illiterate adults. Today, China’s education sector is the world’s largest, and it has achieved universal nine-year compulsory education.
Yet China’s size and complexity mean that needs persist. Rural institutions have historically lacked infrastructure, learning materials and qualified teachers, which has impacted student outcomes. In the last two decades, China has invested heavily in rural schools using a range of strategies and mechanisms. Despite this, urban-rural inequity remains in terms of accessibility and education quality.
Looking at the flow of philanthropic funds in China, education has long been the most popular funding destination. This is partially due to education’s place in the Chinese value system and tradition, and the perception that it is the most important foundation for upward mobility.
This report, the third in our China Issue Guide series, focuses on education philanthropy. It looks at local and specific efforts to see how Chinese individual and corporate philanthropy address educational needs and obstacles across the nation. Professors Wang Rong and Wei Yi of Peking University’s Institute for Educational Finance Research; Zhang Li, former Director of the Education Development Research, Ministry of Education; and Yu Jiantuo, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Development Research Foundation contributed to a chapter examining the current state of the education in China.
Our data comes from more than 5,600 Chinese foundations’ annual reports mined from publicly available government databases; interviews with 50 principals, management teams of foundations, social service organizations, and scholars; media resources including the Philanthropy Times were also utilized.
中国的教育系统在过去四十年里迅速发展，强化优质教育的供给、向更多人提供更多选择机会。新中国成立之初，有约八成人口都是文盲。时至今日，中国已建成世界规模最大的教育体系，并基本实现了九年义务教育的普及。
然而，中国教育问题的规模和复杂性意味着需求仍然存在。多年来，农村学校基础设施建设、教育资源与优质教师团队存在缺口，影响了学生的发展。过去二十年，中国政府实施教育优先发展战略，向农村倾斜投入了大量教育经费。尽管如此，在教育可及性和教学质量方面，城乡差异仍然存在。
纵观中国公益慈善捐赠的流向，教育常年来一直是最受欢迎的资助领域。这一现象部分源于教育在中国文化与传统观念中有着重要的价值和地位，人们也普遍认为教育是个体向上社会流动的重要基础。
本报告是我们由四部分组成的《中国社会公益慈善指南》“具有中国特色的公益慈善事业”在关键议题领域的面貌。在完成医疗卫生和自然环境议题的研究后，我们现转向探究个人与企业在教育领域的公益慈善事业，探析中国的教育在过去几十年间的发展目标是如何从“有学上”转向“上好学”的，并关注民间力量在这一过程中能够通过慈善捐赠和开展公益事业起到的作用。我们也非常荣幸邀请到北京大学中国教育财政科学研究所教授王蓉和魏易博士、教育部教育发展研究中心原主任张力，以及中国发展研究基金会副秘书长俞建拖为本文第二章内容提供了宝贵的指导。
本研究的主要数据来自官方公开的数据库，共覆盖 5,600 多个中国基金会年度报告、40,000多个公益项目。同时，我们专访了50位基金会负责人、管理团队、社会服务机构及学者；也参考了大量中国公益行业媒体的报道。
China’s education system has developed rapidly over the past four decades, expanding to provide opportunities to a larger number and wider range of people. At the beginning of the founding of New China, the country was home to an estimated 440 million illiterate adults. Today, China’s education sector is the world’s largest, and it has achieved universal nine-year compulsory education.
Yet China’s size and complexity mean that needs persist. Rural institutions have historically lacked infrastructure, learning materials and qualified teachers, which has impacted student outcomes. In the last two decades, China has invested heavily in rural schools using a range of strategies and mechanisms. Despite this, urban-rural inequity remains in terms of accessibility and education quality.
Looking at the flow of philanthropic funds in China, education has long been the most popular funding destination. This is partially due to education’s place in the Chinese value system and tradition, and the perception that it is the most important foundation for upward mobility.
This report, the third in our China Issue Guide series, focuses on education philanthropy. It looks at local and specific efforts to see how Chinese individual and corporate philanthropy address educational needs and obstacles across the nation. Professors Wang Rong and Wei Yi of Peking University’s Institute for Educational Finance Research; Zhang Li, former Director of the Education Development Research, Ministry of Education; and Yu Jiantuo, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Development Research Foundation contributed to a chapter examining the current state of the education in China.
Our data comes from more than 5,600 Chinese foundations’ annual reports mined from publicly available government databases; interviews with 50 principals, management teams of foundations, social service organizations, and scholars; media resources including the Philanthropy Times were also utilized.
中国的教育系统在过去四十年里迅速发展，强化优质教育的供给、向更多人提供更多选择机会。新中国成立之初，有约八成人口都是文盲。时至今日，中国已建成世界规模最大的教育体系，并基本实现了九年义务教育的普及。
然而，中国教育问题的规模和复杂性意味着需求仍然存在。多年来，农村学校基础设施建设、教育资源与优质教师团队存在缺口，影响了学生的发展。过去二十年，中国政府实施教育优先发展战略，向农村倾斜投入了大量教育经费。尽管如此，在教育可及性和教学质量方面，城乡差异仍然存在。
纵观中国公益慈善捐赠的流向，教育常年来一直是最受欢迎的资助领域。这一现象部分源于教育在中国文化与传统观念中有着重要的价值和地位，人们也普遍认为教育是个体向上社会流动的重要基础。
本报告是我们由四部分组成的《中国社会公益慈善指南》“具有中国特色的公益慈善事业”在关键议题领域的面貌。在完成医疗卫生和自然环境议题的研究后，我们现转向探究个人与企业在教育领域的公益慈善事业，探析中国的教育在过去几十年间的发展目标是如何从“有学上”转向“上好学”的，并关注民间力量在这一过程中能够通过慈善捐赠和开展公益事业起到的作用。我们也非常荣幸邀请到北京大学中国教育财政科学研究所教授王蓉和魏易博士、教育部教育发展研究中心原主任张力，以及中国发展研究基金会副秘书长俞建拖为本文第二章内容提供了宝贵的指导。
本研究的主要数据来自官方公开的数据库，共覆盖 5,600 多个中国基金会年度报告、40,000多个公益项目。同时，我们专访了50位基金会负责人、管理团队、社会服务机构及学者；也参考了大量中国公益行业媒体的报道。