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China has achieved remarkable progress, with nearly universal literacy and attendance, thanks to a robust government commitment—allocating roughly 35% of its education budget in 2023. Its modernized education plan aims for inclusive, high-quality education by 2035. However, field research uncovers a stark rural-urban divide. Despite high enrollment, rural migrant children often fall through the cracks—many do not attend school consistently or are misclassified as dropouts, distorting official data which underrepresents rural disengagement.