Chinese tutoring firms could spin-off units, boost non-academic tutoring - analysts Reuters | Jul 26, 2021 08:48 PM EDT Children leave a school in the Shekou area of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China (Photo : REUTERS/David Kirton) Battered by a regulatory crackdown, China's multi-billion dollar private tutoring sector could seek to separate its business segments and bulk up non-academic tutoring as it tries to soften the blow on its operations, analysts said on Monday. Shares in Hong Kong and U.S.-listed education firms such as New Oriental Education & Technology Group, TAL Education Group and Gaotu Techedu fell sharply for the second straight session on Monday after China barred for-profit tutoring in core school subjects.