427! The Ministry of Education announced the list of counties where national preschool education will be popularized and made accessible by 2025.

Recently, the Ministry of Education issued a notice announcing the list of counties where universal and inclusive preschool education will be implemented by 2025. The first batch in 2025 includes 427 counties recognized as national universal and inclusive preschool education counties. Among them, Tianjin and Shanghai, two directly-administered municipalities, passed the national evaluation for the entire region; Wuhai City in Inner Mongolia, Wuxi City, Zhenjiang City in Jiangsu Province, Hangzhou City, Jiaxing City, Jinhua City, Lishui City, Zhoushan City in Zhejiang Province, Binzhou City in Shandong Province, Sansha City in Hainan Province, Yibin City in Sichuan Province, Tongren City in Guizhou Province, Jiayuguan City in Gansu Province, Karamay City, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, and Hami City in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a total of 16 cities passed the national evaluation for the entire region.