China confirms for-profit tutoring in core school subjects is barred - Xinhua

China is barring existing core school subject tutoring institutions from making profit, a report in the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

The news confirmed a move contained in a government document widely circulated on Friday that sent shockwaves through China's vast private education sector and sent share prices of providers plunging.

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