▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁Foreign ▁students ▁must ▁not ▁make ▁up ▁over ▁ 1 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁student ▁body ▁and ▁they ▁must ▁receive ▁instruction ▁in ▁classes ▁with ▁Chinese ▁students . ▁School s ▁are ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁receive ▁foreign er ▁students ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁in ▁existence ▁for ▁ 1 0 ▁or ▁more ▁years , ▁had ▁an ▁English - spe aking ▁staff ▁member ▁man aging ▁foreign ▁student ▁issues , ▁and ▁have ▁training ▁in ▁teaching ▁Chinese ▁as ▁a ▁foreign ▁language . ▁ ▁Statistics ▁on ▁schools ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Be ij ing ▁had ▁ 1 , 4 3 0 ▁kind er gart ens , ▁ 1 , 6 5 2 ▁primary ▁schools , ▁ 7 3 0 ▁secondary ▁schools ▁- ▁including ▁ 2 6 3 ▁combined ▁lower ▁and ▁upper ▁secondary ▁( j un ior ▁and ▁senior ▁high ), ▁ 4 0 1 ▁lower ▁secondary , ▁and ▁ 6 6 ▁upper ▁secondary ▁- ▁, ▁ 9 7 ▁voc ational ▁secondary ▁schools , ▁ 6 2 ▁secondary ▁special ty ▁schools , ▁and ▁ 7 4 ▁institutions ▁of ▁higher ▁education . ▁That ▁year ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 9 9 , 3 9 0 ▁kind erg arten ▁students , ▁ 5 4 6 , 5 3 0 ▁primary ▁school ▁students , ▁ 4 5 3 , 4 4 6 ▁lower ▁secondary ▁students , ▁ 2 5 0 , 9 5 9 ▁senior ▁secondary ▁students , ▁ 8 4 , 2 6 2 ▁voc ational ▁students , ▁ 1 1 6 , 7 2