Recently, the Chinese Society of Education announced a proposal to drop English from the national college entrance examination, the gaokao. It is too early to say whether the plan will be approved, but a huge commercial opportunity awaits institutes running English-language courses if the proposal gets the green-light.

Let's take a look at eight most influential English-language teaching institutes in China.

No 8 Learning Education Center

View of a Learning Education Center's school in Shanghai, May 6, 2008. [Photo/IC]

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