Has Zengcheng popularized 12-year compulsory education in Guangzhou?

You can go straight to senior high school or vocational high school, but you still have to be admitted according to the scores. Zengcheng, Guangdong Province plans to invest 72 million yuan this year to take the lead in implementing 12-year compulsory education. Nanfang Daily News (Reporter/Hu Liangguang Intern/Sun Ruohan Correspondent/Qiu Yuanxiang) Zengcheng will take the lead in implementing 12-year compulsory education in Guangzhou. The reporter learned from the Fifth Session of the 13th Zengcheng People's Congress, which opened yesterday, that Zengcheng will do ten practical things for the people this year. The most interesting thing is that from September this year, Zengcheng students studying in Guangzhou or local areas will not have to pay tuition fees for high school, and the government will "pay the bill" for them. This move covers ordinary high schools and vocational high schools. It is estimated that more than 72 million yuan will be spent on tuition in the first fiscal year, benefiting 4,5 high school students. ◎ What are the major moves in the fields of medical care and education that Zengcheng people pay attention to? Ye Niuping, Mayor of Zengcheng City, said that the new rural cooperative medical system will be consolidated and developed, the fund-raising standard will be raised to above 26 yuan per capita, and the maximum compensation line for hospitalization expenses will be raised to 1, yuan, and new measures will be explored to distribute living security subsidies to Zengcheng citizens over 65. In education, Zengcheng invested about 1.1 billion yuan last year, of which 71.48 million yuan was used to fully implement the "two exemptions" education in the nine-year compulsory education stage. Yao Guangyao, director of Zengcheng Education Bureau, revealed that in September this year, Zengcheng will go further and take the lead in realizing 12-year free compulsory education in Guangzhou. "The tuition fees of Zengcheng senior high school students studying in Zengcheng and Guangzhou are paid by the government, covering ordinary high schools and vocational high schools, which is also in the forefront in the province". It is estimated that this move will benefit about 4,5 Zengcheng senior high school students. Yao Guangyao said that Zengcheng Finance is expected to spend more than 72 million yuan/school year. ◎ Traffic In 212, the subway is expected to reach Xintang directly. In the ranking of basic competitiveness of county economy in China last year, Zengcheng jumped from 12th place in the previous year to 9th place, and entered the top 1 county economy in China two years earlier than originally planned. The reporter learned yesterday that Zengcheng's economy continued to maintain steady and rapid growth last year, with a GDP of 57.434 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3% over the previous year and 1.8 percentage points exceeding the scheduled target. Moreover, the government housing security system has been established, with an annual financial subsidy of about 42 million yuan and a monetary housing allocation subsidy system. There are 15, eligible people in the city who enjoy housing subsidies, and the first batch of 763 sets of government affordable housing will be put into use soon. Ye Niuping said that last year, Guanghe and Zengcong Expressway started construction in an all-round way, and the three northern towns simultaneously planned to build entrance and exit connecting lines. It is expected that the opening of the whole line in 211 will directly promote the leap-forward development of the ecological industry in the north. In the next step, we will strive for and promote the Guangzhou-Guangzhou-Shenzhen intercity rail in Xintang and Guangzhou Metro Line 13 to be completed and opened to traffic in 212, and form the transportation hub in the east of Guangzhou in Xintang. Guangzhou Metro Line 16 will be completed and opened to traffic in 215, and the Guangzhou-Huizhou-Shantou high-speed railway is planned to set up a station in Licheng. At present, all preliminary work is being accelerated.