中国投资者搜寻外国教育资产：父母愿为孩子学习花大钱

Chinese investors search for foreign educational assets: parents are willing to spend a lot of money on their children

随着更多中国学生在国内外寻求西方教育资源，中国投资者正在加紧寻找海外教育资产。

据报道，一家中国私募股权基金一名不愿透露姓名的董事总经理说，投资者、尤其是私募股权公司青睐教育资产，因为它们现金充裕，有来自预付学费和其他费用的稳定收入。

他说：“这项业务会受到长期关注。这很容易理解。”

报道称，推动这些举动的是，前往西方国家留学的中国学生持续增加，以及世界第二大经济体日益扩大的中产阶层群体正在国内寻找国际风格的教育。另一个支持因素是，中国的传统观点认为，为孩子提供最好的教育是父母的第一要务。

据中国教育部统计，2016年，在海外学习的中国学生人数达到54.45万人，同比增长4％，是十年前的四倍多。

并购咨询公司易界网的创始人兼首席执行官冯林说，中国学生已经在学习集团和华尔街英语等公司的收入中占大部分。

英媒称，政府统计数据显示，过去十年来，中国人的平均可支配收入增长了一倍多。虽然家庭已经增加了孩子教育上的支出，但中国2015年允许二孩的决定预计将进一步推动对早期和学前教育的需求。

汤森路透的数据显示，包括公司、私募股权公司和家族企业在内的中国投资者对这种增长潜力进行了挖掘，已经抢购了一家新加坡学前教育技术公司、一家法国职业培训服务提供商和多所英国私立学校。

报道援引中国私募股权公司鼎晖投资的执行董事侯毅的说法表示：“这确实满足了最关心孩子教育的中国父母的刚需。”

报道称，瑞银集团亚洲并购业务负责人萨姆森·洛也评价道：“不管经济状况是好是坏，教育行业都将有很好表现。这也是一种现金交易，它在中国呈指数式增长。”

来源：搜狐

Chinese investors search for foreign educational assets: parents are willing to spend a lot of money on their children

As more Chinese students seek western educational resources both at home and abroad, Chinese investors are stepping up their search for overseas educational assets.

A Chinese private equity fund, a managing director of a private equity fund, who did not want to be named, said that investors, especially private Holdings Company, favored educational assets, because they had plenty of cash and stable income from prepaid tuition and other expenses.

"This business will be a long-term concern," he said. It's easy to understand. "

It is reported that these actions are continuously increasing in Chinese students studying in western countries, and the expanding middle class groups in the world's second largest economies are seeking international style education in China. Another support factor is the Chinese traditional view that providing the best education for children is the first priority of the parents.

According to the statistics of the Chinese Ministry of education, in 2016, the number of Chinese students studying abroad reached 544 thousand and 500, up 4% from a year earlier, more than four times more than ten years ago.

Feng Lin, the founder and chief executive of Yi Jie network, a merger and acquisition consulting firm, said that Chinese students have taken up most of the income of learning groups and Wall Street English companies.

Government statistics show that the average disposable income of Chinese people has more than doubled in the past ten years, according to British media. Although the family has increased the expenditure of children's education, China's decision to allow two children in 2015 is expected to further promote the demand for early and pre-school education.

According to Thomson Reuters, China investors include corporations, private Holdings Company and family businesses, the growth potential of mining has a Singapore panic buying of preschool education technology company, a French occupation training service providers and the British private schools.

The report quoted Chinese private Holdings Company, CDH investments executive director Hou Yi said that: "it does meet the most concerned about the education of children China parents just need."

Samson Lo, the head of Asian mergers and acquisitions in UBS, also said, "no matter whether the economy is good or bad, the education industry will perform well. It is also a cash transaction, which is growing exponentially in China. "