"Although in the past two years, 5 million people have been illiterate in China every year, the situation of illiteracy is not optimistic. China's adult non-illiteracy rate is very backward in Asia, and the literacy rate is slower than in neighboring countries. To summarize, this passage means:. [' million people in China are illiterate every year.', "China's literacy performance is not satisfactory.", 'Chinese literacy scores are not comparable to Asian countries.', 'Literacy is too slow.']