{"id":49791,"date":"2022-06-19T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesetouristagency.com\/?p=49791"},"modified":"2022-06-16T10:23:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:23:51","slug":"english-live-streaming-is-a-new-opportunity-for-education-companies-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesetouristagency.com\/english-live-streaming-is-a-new-opportunity-for-education-companies-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"English live-streaming is a new opportunity for education companies in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Oriental, a struggling education training company, has become a trending topic on Chinese social networking platforms after its teachers began live-streaming sales of agricultural products, books, and other necessities in Chinese, English, and Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Oriental’s teachers are trending online, selling in both Chinese and English.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New Oriental, a struggling education training company, became a trending topic on Chinese social networking platforms after its teachers began live streaming sales of agricultural products, books, and other necessities in Chinese using both English and Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dongfang Zhenxuan is a Livestream channel on Douyin. It means “Oriental Select”. The presenters use English phrases to sell products. For example, they provide the English translation of the product or common phrases. The channel has attracted millions of viewers because of its excellent grammar and pronunciation. Netizens commented on the channel’s humorous and knowledgeable approach to selling products, such as “This is a good way for you to spend money where there is a product and extra knowledge.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the latest data from Economic View, a financial media outlet of China News Service, Dongfang Zhenxuan Douyin has gained 1.57 million followers in just three days. The account now has over 3.37 million followers. The account’s sales volume reached 17.7 million yuan ($2.64 million) in the same three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A huge challenge to transform its business model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New Oriental was once a major tutoring company in the domestic market. However, it faced a huge challenge to transform its business model following the strengthening of off-campus tutoring management in July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yu Minhong, the company’s founder, wrote to employees on 1 June, stating that the company had experienced serious difficulties in its 2022 financial year. The company’s market value fell by 90%, and its workforce dropped from 110,000 to 50,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But, we have planned our new services according to the government’s policy”. He also said that Dongfang Zhenxuan has been established, and it has become an important platform for product sales as well as daily supplies.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liu Minyi (28-year-old Dongfang Zhenxuan follower) said, “This is quite an innovation and I am interested to see the live streams.” “I watched the Douyin video on Friday. In which the presenters teach the difference between prawns, crabs, and prawns when selling these aquatic products, I was interested in the video. I’ve been watching their live streaming shows the last two nights and have been following them that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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English education in China, what is the future?<\/a><\/blockquote>