In the year 2021, the education and training industry in China has been faced with unprecedented regulatory pressure with uncertainty became one of the keywords. Though the policy was announced in July, the discussion over off-campus academic tutoring ranging from tutoring in advance of students’ learning stages and teaching standards…

Last week, a picture showing parents and children are participating in an activity hosted by a Chinese education giant in the U.S. was much discussed on short video apps like Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. These short videos said New Oriental, a leading after-school tutoring company that started by…

Going abroad has become one of the options for Chinese education companies to seek opportunities. But for overseas companies who plan to expand into China, it seems that huge traction of the land is turning into great uncertainty. Since 2001 when China joined WTO, an array of overseas education companies…

In 2021 when COVID-19 cannot be completely eliminated, the education industry in China has transitioned from uncertainties to an era of big changes. K-12 private tutors have to wake from dreams of illusion when “the Opinions on Further Alleviating the Burden of Homework and After-School Tutoring for Students in Compulsory…

Recent rules change on China’s private after-school tutoring sector has sent shockwaves through China’s edtech industry. K-12 players, including New Oriental, TAL Education Group, Gaotu Techedu, Yuanfudao, and Zhangmen, have to abandon tutoring on academic subjects. When there is no possibility in the area, it’s time for a change. Quality-oriented…

The rules issued last month not only bar curriculum-based tutoring for profit but also ban companies from employing foreign-based foreign tutors, putting a stop to language learning services that connect students in China with tutors outside China. Several English learning providers in China have so far reacted to the policy…

The recent tightenings on China’s K-12 after-school tutoring have pushed players in the sector to find a way out. Gaotu, formerly known as GSX, cut off its preschool learning business and placed a bet on adults. …

The summer vacation for schools has come. In the previous year, China’s leading education companies launched marketing campaigns in almost every setting to attract more customers and gain market share. …

In China, a large number of parents have struggled to balance their work and personal lives, and engage better with their kids, spurring a slew of providers into the education hardware space over these years. Within the past half a year, three tech behemoths in China — ByteDance, Tencent, and…