Central Office and State Office: Disciplinary training institutions are prohibited from listing and financing, and capitalized operations are strictly prohibited
People’s Daily Online, Beijing, July 24. Recently, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Further Reducing the Burden of Compulsory Education Students’ Homework and Off-campus Training” (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”). The “Opinions” require that all discipline training institutions must not be listed for financing, capitalized operations are strictly prohibited, and the excessive influx of capital into training institutions shall be strictly controlled.
The “Opinions” pointed out that adhere to strict examination and approval agencies. All regions no longer approve new subject-based off-campus training institutions for students in the compulsory education stage, and existing subject-based training institutions are uniformly registered as non-profit institutions. The online discipline training institutions that were originally filed are changed to an examination and approval system. All provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) shall conduct a comprehensive investigation on the online discipline training institutions that have been filed, and re-approve the approval procedures according to the standards. If the approval is not passed, the original filing registration and Internet Information Service Business License (ICP) shall be cancelled. For non-disciplinary training institutions, localities should distinguish sports, culture and art, science and technology and other categories, clarify the corresponding competent departments, formulate standards by category, and strictly review and approve. Strictly investigate and deal with off-campus training institutions that do not have the corresponding qualifications and conduct training in multiple locations without approval in accordance with laws and regulations. Disciplinary training institutions are not allowed to be listed for financing, and capitalized operations are strictly prohibited; listed companies may not invest in discipline training institutions through stock market financing, and may not purchase the assets of discipline training institutions by issuing shares or paying cash; foreign investment shall not be acquired through mergers and entrusted Operating, franchising, and using variable interest entities to hold or participate in discipline training institutions. Those who have violated the regulations shall be cleaned up and rectified.
The “Opinions” also pointed out that the normal operation and supervision should be strengthened. Strictly control the excessive influx of capital into training institutions. Training institutions’ financing and fees should be mainly used for training business operations. Unfair competition in the form of fictitious original prices, false discounts, and false propaganda for the promotion of business is strictly prohibited, and industry monopolies shall be resolutely investigated and dealt with in accordance with laws and regulations. behavior. Online training should pay attention to protecting the eyesight of students. Each lesson should be no more than 30 minutes, the interval between courses should be no less than 10 minutes, and the training end time should be no later than 21 o’clock. Actively explore the use of artificial intelligence technology to reasonably control the continuous online training time of students. Online training institutions shall not provide and disseminate unhealthy learning methods such as “photographic search for questions” that inert students’ thinking ability, affect students’ independent thinking, and violate the laws of education and teaching. The recruitment of foreign personnel in China must comply with relevant national regulations, and it is strictly forbidden to hire foreign personnel abroad to carry out training activities.