During the period of epidemic, the Internet has become the main source for people to acquire knowledge.

Over the 30-day period from mid-Feb to mid-March, the average number of daily searches for knowledge content related to education on Baidu is over 350 million, an increase of 86% year over year. K12 and foreign languages are the most popular while searches for studying abroad dropped by 49%.

While the average daily plays of knowledge related videos reached 150 million, the user time spent on educational Baidu mini-programs increased by 30% over the previous period. Online education has been heating up.

With regard to the specific content of searches on Baidu, the user demands for K12 (kindergarten to high school education) and foreign languages are the highest.

The sector of education and training, including interests and hobbies, pre-school, studying abroad, higher education and occupational training, also sees huge market potentials.

It’s worth noticing the increase...

Total downloads of education training apps category in China increased by 72.8% year-on-year while the proportion of downloads to total downloads in app stores grew by 34.1% in April 2018. Online education training is increasing developed in the tier-3 and lower-tier Chinese cities. With the widespread mobile client of education training, to some extent, it helps to solve the difficulties of a lack of qualified trainers in some remote rural areas.

Greatly promoted by the development of mobile internet and reinforced education awareness, the monthly active users of education training apps exceeded 220 million.

Online education training is increasing developed in the tier-3 and lower-tier Chinese cities. With the widespread mobile client of education training, to some extent, it helps to solve the difficulties of a lack of qualified trainers in some remote rural areas.

Influenced by "two-child" policy and consumption upgrading, K12 and preschool education saw a h...