CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM THE NEED FOR RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL FINANCE IN CHINA SOURCES OF DATA PROCEDURE II. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF CHINA A BRIEF RETROSPECT THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP FOR THE PROGRAM THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF CHINA THE GROWTH OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THE EXTENT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES III. THE COST OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THE CURRENT COST OF THE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS TRENDS IN SCHOOL COSTS RISING SCHOOL COSTS EXPLAINED THE CAPITAL COST THE VARIATIOIW OF COSTS BORNE BY THE PROWNCES AND SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES IV. THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL COST FURTHER ANA LYZED ANALYSIS OF COSTS BY CHARACTER THE COST OF TEACHERS' SALARIES CHAPTER THE PER PUPIL COSTS OF EDUCATION IN CHINA THE COST OF EDUCATION PER CAPITA OF POPULATION V. THE COST OF EDUCATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENT COSTS COMPARED THE COST OF EDUCATION AND THE GOVERNMENT BUDGET CHINA COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE PROPORTION OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURE DEVOTED TO EDUCATION THE COST OF EDUCATION AND MILITARY EXPENDI TURES COMPARED VI. HOW THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED FISCAL CONTROL VII. HOW THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL PRO- GRAM IS SUPPORTED (Cantinued) THE SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL REVENUE THE NONTAX SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL REVENUE IN CHINA AS A WHOLE TAX SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL REVENU OF THE CENTRAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS TAX AND NONTAX REVENUE A CASE STUDY OF THE COUNTY SOURCES OF EDUCATIONAL REVENUE IN HUPEH PROVINCE VIII. THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW EDUCATIONAL POLICY FINANCLtL IMTPLCATIONS 0F THE EMPHASIS ON PRODUCTIVE EDUCATION CHAPTER IX. THE ABILITY OF CHINA TO SUPPORT EDUCATION THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS CHINA'S PRESENT ECONOMIC CRISIS SOURCES OF THE WEALTH OF CHINA ESTIMATE9 OF CHINA'S NATIONAL WEALTH AND INCOME CHINA COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN PER CAPITA WEALTH AND INCOME THE ARIL1TY OF CHINA TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO ESTIMATES OF HER NATIONAL WEALTH AND INCOME X. THE ABILITY OF CHINA TO SUPPORT EDU-CATION THE FINANCIAL FOUNDATIONS THE FINANCIAL ABILITY OF THE CENTRAL GOVERN CHINA'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INDEBTEDNESS THE FINANCIAL ABILITY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IN THE RECON- STRUCTION OF THE REVENUE SYSTEM OF CHINA THE EFFECTS UPON EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND WHAT EDUCATION CAN EXPECT NEEDED READJUSTMENT AND EDUCATION'S EX-PECTATION APPENDIX-A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL SUPPORT IN HUPEH PROVINCE AND ITS PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTION THE POSITION OF HUPEH PROVINCE THE RANK OF HUPEH IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNI- TIES AMONG THE PROVINCES AND SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES THE COST OF THE PRESENT PROGRAM AND TRENDS IN TOTAL AND PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE TRENDS IN THE EXPENDITURES OR COSTS OF PRO- VINCIAL AND COUNTY EDUCATION THE SUPPORT FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF HUPEH THE ABILITY OF HUPEH TO SUPPORT EDUCATION MAJOR PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT IN HUPEH BIBLIOGRAPHY