After the mainland authorities opened China to increased contact with the outside world, Beijing stopped trying to hide the seriousness of the illiteracy problem, and they had the China Youth Development Association organize young students to go and teach literacy to people in remote villages and mountain districts.
開放之後，北京不再隱瞞文盲的嚴重，讓「中國青少年發展基金會」組織青年學生，深入貧窮農村、山區。