Meanwhile, the number of secondary schools offering Mandarin classes, besides compulsory English, has ballooned from 154 in 1993 to 831 last year, according to the Ministry of Education.

与此同时，从教育部得到的数字，提供汉语普通话课程的中学，强制开设英语课程的除外，从1993年的154所如同气球飞升般的达到了去年的831所。