From EastSouthWestNorth weblog:
China Daily has an article titled Serious gap in higher education opportunities based upon study results from the working group on “Research into Equity Issues in Chinese Higher Education.”
……The conclusion said that there is “a widening education gap exists between China’s rural and urban populations.” To say ‘widening’ implies a longitudinal study, but the article reports only data for one point in time. In any case, there is no doubt that there is a wide gap between urban and rural residents on their education attainment at this time.