1905年中国在一些地方开始为贫苦民众开办半日学堂，也称补习学校，在一些近代工业企业中进行徒工培训和工人识字教育。1919年“五四”运动后，成人教育以不同形式和内容在各地推开。20世纪30年代和后来的抗日战争、解放战争时期，形成了一场为革命战争服务的群众教育运动。　 In some places in China in 1905 China started offering half-day schools for poor people, also known as tutorial schools, in some modern industrial enterprises to carry out apprenticeship and worker literacy education. After the “May 4th” Movement in 1919, adult education was promoted in different forms and contents. During the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Resistance Against Japan during the 1930s and later, a mass education movement serving the revolutionary war was formed.