TheChineseeducationalsystemisdividedintothreestages:basiceducation,highereducationandadulteducation.Basiceducationiscomprisedofpre-schooleducation,primaryschoolandsecondaryschool.Highereducationconsistsofvocationalschools,collegesanduniversities.In1986,Chinabegantoimplementthepolicyofnine-yearcompulsoryeducationfromprimaryschooltojuniorhighschool.TheChinesegovernmenthasplacedstrategicpriorityondevelopingeducation,advancingthestrategyofdevelopingthenationbyrelyingonthescienceandeducation.Withthejointeffortsofboththegovernmentandthepeople,historicachievementshavebeenmadeinChineseeducation.
1.第1句中的“分为三个阶段”实表被动的意义，故译为bedividedinto...。
2.第4句中的定语“从小学到初中的”较长，故将其处理成后置定语，用介词短语fromprimaryschooltojuniorhighschool来表达。
3.第5句中的两个分句均比较长可考虑用并列结构译出：TheChinesegovernmenthasplacedstrategicpriorityon...andadvancedthestrategy...。但不如将后半句“提出了......的战略方针”处理成表伴随的状语，译作advancingthestrategy...，使句子逻辑关系更为清晰。“提出”可译作putforward或advance。
4.最后一句中的“在政府和人民的共同努力下”可用介词短语withthejointeffortsofboththegovernmentandthepeople来表达。翻译“中国的教育取得了历史性的成就”时，为了符合英语表达习惯，宜转化原宾语“历史性的成就”为主语，原主语“中国的教育”处理为状语，全句用被动语态译出，表达为historicachievementshavebeenmadeinChineseeducation。
