Background information, the structure of the Chinese school system, preservice training of teachers, and the professional life of teachers are each discussed. Observations made during the visit of mathematics educators to China in 1983 are intermingled. (MNS)

A symposium that focused on the education of chemistry teachers in China at predominately the middle and high school levels is discussed. The topics of curriculum and textbook reforms, instructional uses of modern technology, science-technology-society, collaborative efforts with educational psychologists, hands-on laboratory work, and the…