China to add over 2M senior high school places in 2026-2030

China plans to build or renovate 1,000 regular senior high schools and add more than 2 million student places during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said Friday.

China will also support the country's top-class universities in increasing undergraduate enrollment by more than 100,000 places over the next five years, Zheng told a press conference on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.