The Zhitong Finance App learned that some education stocks rose in the afternoon. As of press release, Excellent Education Group (03978) rose 12.99% to HK$1.74; China's Xinhua Education (02779) rose 5.26% to HK$0.6; Thinking Music Education (01769) rose 4.95% to HK$3.19; and China Oriental Education (00667) rose 1.57% to HK$2.59.

According to the news, on the evening of February 8, the Ministry of Education issued the “Regulations on the Administration of Out-of-School Training (Draft for Comments)”. It mentions various aspects, such as extracurricular training for students in compulsory education. Government-guided price management should be implemented in accordance with the law, and provincial people's governments should formulate fee management measures. Fees for other off-campus training shall be reported to the approval authority for the record.

According to the Dongwu Securities Research Report, the Ministry of Education issued a draft for comments on the “Regulations on the Administration of Out-of-School Training”. This shows that the regulatory authorities do not have a negative attitude towards the education and training industry, but rather require the industry to operate more standardized and operate, and education and training enterprises that meet the requirements of the regulations are also expected to continue to develop.

Guotai Junan released a research report saying that the education and training sector is steadily returning to standardized development, focusing on the release of performance and boosting valuation. With the gradual introduction of rules at the executive level, clarification of penalty rules and supervisory subjects, and gradual entry into normalized classification and supervision; the education industry is stabilizing and trending upward. Currently, it has strong and scarce operational resilience, and sector valuations are expected to be boosted.