China's youths are presently receiving far better education than at any time in the country's history, said He Junke, first secretary of the Secretariat of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC). He made the remarks on Thursday during a press conference on a white paper titled "Youth of China in the New Era." According to He, the gross enrollment rate in higher education in China was 57.8 percent in 2021, up from 26.9 percent in 2011.