New Filing Rules for Online Extracurricular Training Institutions
2019-07-15
Since the beginning of 2018, education administrative departments, in conjunction with other government departments, have been strengthening the supervision of extracurricular training institutions by emphasizing regulatory focus on offline extracurricular training institutions. However, the compliance requirements for online extracurricular training institutions have been unclear, with respect to both legal provisions and enforcement. On July 15, 2019, the Ministry of Education issued the Implementing Opinions of the Ministry of Education and Five Other Departments on Regulating Online Extracurricular Training Institutions [Jiao Ji Han (2019) No. 8] (“Circular 8”) which, according to a person in charge of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education, is the first national-level normative document to focus on the regulation of online extracurricular training institutions. Circular 8 specifies that online extracurricular subject-based training institutions need to record-file with a provincial-level education administrative department, and stipulates the general regulatory requirements for online training institutions. This article will analyze the main contents of Circular 8. More...