A teacher gives a lesson to students at the central primary school of Tuokezhake Township in Shufu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2017. China's efforts to promote the "balanced development" of compulsory education, which usually means narrowing inter-regional, rural-urban or inter-school gaps in terms of education conditions and quality, has borne fruit, the Ministry of Education said Tuesday. According to the ministry, the balanced development of compulsory education has been achieved in 2,717 counties, representing 92.7 percent of counties across the country. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)