Visually impaired students read books at a reading room in the Kunming school for visually impaired and nonspeaking people in southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2024. (All photos were taken with consent of the subjects or their guardians.) (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

The enrollment rate of children and adolescents with disabilities in compulsory education in China has reached 97 percent, with over 30,000 disabled students entering universities each year, a senior official said Tuesday.

Cheng Kai, chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, made the remarks at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.