> The news is everywhere: https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%88%9D%E5%8D%87%E9%AB%98+%E5%88%86%E6%B5%81+%E6%AF%94%E4%BE%8B&oq=%E5%88%9D%E5%8D%87%E9%AB%98+%E5%8

> The news is everywhere: https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%88%9D%E5%8D%87%E9%AB%98+%E5%88%86%E6%B5%81+%E6%AF%94%E4%BE%8B&oq=%E5%88%9D%E5%8D%87%E9%AB%98+%E5%88%86%E6%B5%81+%E6%AF%94%E4%BE%8B https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%88%9D%E5%8D%87%E9%AB%98+... , for a long time. The top results (for me) all say that it's not literally correct that only 50% of middle school students make it to high school, but most (suspiciously) only mention numbers for Beijing. https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/368135272 https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/368135272 has a table covering every province, showing that the rate goes from 53.11% in Henan to 70.49% in Heilongjiang.