| Number of Regular School Entrants by Level & Type | 
| 單位:萬人 | 
| Unit:in 10 Thousand | 
|  | 1949 | 1965 | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1998 | 1999 | 
| 研究生(人)Graduate Education(Person) | 242 | 1456 | 10708 | 3616 | 46871 | 72508 | 92225 | 
| 普通高等學校本??芔ndergraduate Education | 3.06 | 16.42 | 40.15 | 28.12 | 61.92 | 108.36 | 159.68 | 
| 普通中等學校Reg.Secondary Schools | 50.97 | 673.11 | 2769.29 | 2044.92 | 1825.70 | 2778.71 | 2963.32 | 
| 中等專業學校Specialized Sec.Schools | 9.74 | 20.85 | 44.70 | 46.76 | 66.83 | 166.83 | 163.37 | 
| 中等技術學校Sec. Technical Schools | 4.28 | 14.64 | 26.79 | 25.29 | 45.36 | 134.89 | 134.25 | 
| 中等師范學校Teachers Training Schools | 5.46 | 6.21 | 17.91 | 21.47 | 21.47 | 31.94 | 29.12 | 
| 技工學校Skilled Worker Schools | ... | ... | 25.70 | 33.13 | 35.54 | 59.40 | 51.55 | 
| 普通中學General Sec. Schools | 41.23 | 345.78 | 2698.89 | 1934.31 | 1606.91 | 2320.91 | 2546.00 | 
| 高中Senior | 7.11 | 45.89 | 692.91 | 383.40 | 257.51 | 359.55 | 396.32 | 
| 初中Junior | 34.12 | 299.89 | 2005.98 | 1550.91 | 1349.40 | 1961.36 | 2149.68 | 
| 職業中學Vocational Schools | - | 306.48 | ... | 30.72 | 116.10 | 217.57 | 194.14 | 
| 高中Senior | - | 55.67 | ... | 24.06 | 98.49 | 182.68 | 160.38 | 
| 初中Junior | - | 250.81 | ... | 6.66 | 17.61 | 34.89 | 33.76 | 
| 工讀學校Correctional Work-study Schools | - | - | - | ... | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 
| 小學Primary Schools | 680.00 | 3296.02 | 3315.36 | 2942.34 | 2298.17 | 2201.38 | 2029.53 | 
| 特殊教育學校Special Education Schools | ... | ... | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.92 | 4.91 | 5.01 |