The indicator system covers 20 indicators in five major dimensions not confined to academic performance but also including moral development, physical and mental development, nurturing of academic interest and pupils’ burden. This framework was piloted in 30 areas, including in Zhejiang Province and Shanghai Municipality. Several aspects of the current education system are recognised as needing reform to enable the country’s transition towards an innovation economy. Schoolwork burdens on primary and middle-school students are often too heavy and there is enormous family pressure to get admitted to good schools.