Since 1998 , when Jiang Zemin , then China 's leader , officially began the effort to transform Chinese universities , state financing for higher education has more than doubled , reaching $ 10.4 billion in 2003 , the last year for which an official figure is available .
Jiang Zemin /people/person/nationality China
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