The reporter learned from the press conference held by the Ministry of Education on September 27 that China's fiscal education expenditure has totaled 33.5 trillion yuan in 10 years, with an average annual growth of 9.4%. Both the total investment and the money used for education in financial, general public budget, non-financial and other channels have doubled in the past 10 years. Guo Peng, Director of the Department of Finance of the Ministry of Education, said that while the total amount of education funds has doubled, the level of per student funds in China has also increased significantly. In 2021, according to the average number of students in school, the national general public budget education expenditure will be 9506 yuan for kindergartens, 12381 yuan for ordinary primary schools, 17772 yuan for ordinary junior middle schools, 18809 yuan for ordinary high schools, 17095 yuan for secondary vocational schools, and 22586 yuan for ordinary colleges and universities, 3.3 times, 2.2 times, 2.4 times, 2.5 times, 2.1 times, and 1.5 times higher than in 2011. Where does all this money go? Guo Peng said that the use structure of education funds is generally "more than three and a half": more than half of all levels of education are used for compulsory education; More than half of all expenditures are for teachers' salaries; Among regions, more than half are used in the central and western regions. (Liu Xinshe)