After-school tutoring firms need to adjust strategy in face of 'burden reduction' policy. /CFPNews and rumors about the education arm of TikTok owner ByteDance going th
Online teaching came into the spotlight for many students and parents in the last year, and today one of the companies that saw a big lift during that rush of activity is announcing a big round of fun
/VCGAmid the boom in China's edtech industry, the bankruptcy scandals of a few prominent education companies have hit a nerve. Late last year, Yousheng Education, an ed
China's top market watchdog on Friday imposed administrative penalties on 12 companies including internet giants Tencent and Baidu for violating anti-monopoly law in 10 deals.The deals include Tencen
When Duan Jun, a father from the city of Dongguan in southern China's Guangdong Province, paid full-year tuition for his child in advance, he never thought that the onl
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Yuanfudao, a homework tutoring-app founded in 2012, has raised $2.2 billion from investors, surpassing Byju’s as the most valuable edtech company in the world. The Beijing-based company is now w
A senior executive at TikTok owner ByteDance said the company plans to invest "a huge amount" of capital into its newly-established education technology business but warned that the unit will be u
Zuoyebang, a Beijing-headquartered startup that runs an online learning app, said on Monday it has raised $750 million in a new financing round as investors demonstrate their continued trust in ̵
In the two recent State Council executive meetings, keeping employment stable has been noted as a priority amid China's efforts to promote balanced advancement in the
China is taking a string of measures to ensure job creation, facilitate employment of migrant workers and college graduates, and solve difficulties for businesses to st