From 1998 onward, educational spending by the central government has increased by one percentage point each year as a proportion of its total expenditures, and that increase alone amounted to 48.9 billion Yuan over the five years.

• 从1998年起，中央财政支出中教育经费所占比例每年提高一个百分点，仅此一项五年增加489亿元。