today's video is about difference between china and american education system the children's in america start formal education in age of five and children's in china start their formal education in age of two i know so early what do you think tell in the comments second difference how much learning task do people get in first grade in china children get 400 chinese letters to learn and 100 letters to write and in america or the u.s the kids have to read and write 26 capital words and 26 lowercase letters third difference the youth literacy rate between the ages of 15 to 24 in china and america or the u.s in 1950s china had literacy rate of 16 and america had 29 of literacy rate in 1950s between ages of 15 to 25 now china have literacy rate of between 96 to 99 not confirmed but u.s literacy rate for 2018 was 99 and a 0 increase from 2015 there is so much literacy rate growth between these years are you shocked how these countries are growing don't go anywhere the video is not ended so be with me till end fourth difference percentage of secondary school leavers who go to university more than 60 of high school graduates in china now attend a university up from 20 in the 1980s the number of students in china enrolled in degree courses has risen from 1 million in 1997 to 5 million today fifth difference expenditure on education as a share of gdp since 2012 china has achieved its national target of government expenditure on education accounting for more than 4 to 5.5 of gdp for six consecutive years however this percentage is still lower than the world's average usa public spending on education and percent of gdp the average value for the usa during that period was 4.95 with a minimum of 4.93 in 2013 and a maximum of 4.96 in 2014. the latest value from 2014 is 4.96 sixth difference number of children's who go to china and who come to america for education the number of chinese students in the u.s is more than 300 000 and the number of americans in china is more than 100 000. summary america has a strong education system and chinese education has been developing rapidly but china also has a better education than some of the countries don't be angry china thanks that was today's video and see you all tomorrow in the next video