BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The gender gap in the nine-year compulsory education has been basically eliminated, said a white paper published by the State Council Information Office Thursday.
The net primary school enrollment rates of boys and girls were both 99.9 percent in 2017, according to the white paper, titled "Equality, Development and Sharing: Progress of Women's Cause in 70 Years Since New China's Founding".
The proportion of girls in regular primary schools and regular junior high schools was 46.5 percent and 46.4 percent respectively in 2017, 18.5 and 20.8 percentage points higher than those in 1951 respectively, said the white paper.
The white paper also shows that the rate of women enjoying high school and higher education has reached a record high, with the female accounting for 47.7 percent of all students in high schools and 52.5 percent of students in regular institutions of higher education in 2017.
Women accounted for 48.4 percent of postgraduate students in 2017, 29.8 percentage points higher than in 1985, it said.
