China’s Finance Ministry Allocates $6.7 Billion for Pre-School Education This Year

BEIJING, May ⁠8 (Reuters) – ⁠China has ⁠allocated 45.8 billion ​yuan ($6.73 billion) ‌in funding to ‌support ⁠the ⁠development of pre-school education this ​year, state broadcaster CCTV said ​on Friday.

The allocation ⁠from the ⁠Finance ⁠Ministry was 38% ​higher than the ​funds ⁠earmarked for the same segment ⁠last year, to focus support for local ⁠authorities in waiving pre-school education fees and improve childcare quality, CCTV said.

($1 = 6.8014 Chinese ⁠yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Liz Lee and Beijing newsroom; ​Editing by ​Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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