CHINA’S REGULATING OF INTERNET AND EDUCATION

• Date: 28 November 2019
• Citation: jd0072
• Published date: 28 November 2019
• Author: Mark Schaub,Zheng Wei,Shawn Hu
• Subject Matter: Regulation

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CHINA’S REGULATING OF INTERNET AND

EDUCATION

By King & Wood Mallesons on November 28, 2019

by：Mark Schaub, Shawn Hu and Zheng Wei

A new report by UBS Securities forecasts that China’s online education market will

continue to massively grow from the already sizeable RMB 30 billion annual spend in

2018.

Online education marries two of the hottest sectors in China – education and the internet.

Although one may not immediately link the two sectors, they do share a lot in common.

Both are strongly supported by the PRC authorities but also subject to increased scrutiny.

In addition, education and technology closely touch the lives of most Chinese consumers.

Although the initiatives are varied there are some common themes – encouragement for

technology playing an expanded role in education; cooperation between PRC authorities;

better regulation (i.e. requiring registrations) etc.

Variety of Measures

There has been a variety of recent initiatives related to how education is envisioned in

China:

Internet Plus Education