翻译:在中国，中小学教育需要花费12年的时间来完成，分为小学、初中和高中三个阶段。小学教育持续5年

In China, the primary and secondary education takes 12 years to complete, divided into three stages of primary school, junior high and high school. Primary education lasts for 5 or 6 years. In the junior middle school stage, most of the students on the three-year junior high school, a handful of four-year. Almost 98% of the students in apology for the school entrance. In elementary school and junior high school of 9 years education belongs to the compulsory education. Ordinary high school education for 3 years, during the compulsory education stage, students are required to participate in the final exam at the end of each semester.