The Chinese Government has vowed to ensure at least 90 percent of children with visual, hearing and intellectual disabilities will receive primary and middle school education by the end of 2016, according to a plan that was made public on January 20.

According to a 2014-16 plan on improving education for learners with special needs, the country will increase investment, build more infrastructure, train more quality teachers and reform the special education curricula.

Official figures show that compulsory education, which includes primary and middle school, only covered 71.9 percent of disabled children as of the end of 2012, compared with 99.5 percent of non-disabled children for primary schools and 98 percent for middle schools.

The three-year plan stipulates that disabled children should attend the nearest possible standard schools, special education knowledge should be incorporated into exams for teachers' certificates, and that higher education institutions should not refuse admission to students with disabilities.