China will continue to spend more  1  education next year and spread the free nine-year compulsory education（免费九年义务教育）to urban children（城市儿童）．Said finance minister（财政部长）Xie Xuren．

    The government would continue  2  the funding system（拨款制度）to guarantee（保证）free nine-year compulsory education currently（畅通）enjoyed by 150 million rural children，while spreading it to their urban counterparts next year．Xie told an annual conference of the Ministry of Finance in Beijing．

    Starting from the spring term，China would  3  the funding for free textbooks used   4  the national compulsory courses，and the local governments would provide more money   5  free textbooks for local compulsory courses，he said．

    Local governments would also provide scholarships（奖学金）  6  the living costs of boarding students from poor families．The central government would   7  half of the education funding for areas  8  central and west China，while provincial governments in those areas would cover the rest of the costs．

    Local governments in east China would provide all education fees（资金）  9  some supplementary funding（补充资金）from the central government．

    Xie said the government would issue new standards for per capital expenditure of students in primary and middle schools．and put those standards  10  effect within the next two years．

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