In 2009 public expenditures on education kept increasing，but the percentage points of annual increase became lower than the previous year. At the same time，since China’s 31 provinces（including autonomous regions and municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the central government）vary from each other a great deal in the level of economic development，governmental expenditures differ manifestly from each other. Generally speaking，the growth of expenditure on compulsory schooling has slowed down in the whole country；expenditure on higher education shows limited growth，with significant differences among various provincial-level entities. With exception of a few provinces，the country as a whole failed to meet the requirement on the growth of public expenditure on education set by the National Law on Education