China has a nationwide system of public education, which includes primary schools, middle schools (lower and upper), and universities. Nine years of education is technically compulsory for all Chinese students. By the end of 2004, China had 2,236 colleges and universities, with over 20 million students. A project for creating 100 world class universities began in 1993, which has merged 708 schools of higher learning into 302 universities. The University of International Business and Economics, where our semester program takes place, is one of these important schools.
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