Schools Run by Social Forces: The Development of the Private Sector for Lifelong Learning in China

D u r i n g the las t two decades , C h i n a ha s develope d a huge educationa l syste m

for l i fe lon g learning, w h i ch cover s not on ly the publ i c but als o the privat e sec -

tor. T h e privat e sector , w h i c h disappeare d betwee n th e 1960 s an d th e 1970s ,

emerged an d develope d i n the contex t o f economic reform .