At present, except for some municipalities directly under the central government and developed areas, all of them are commercial early education institutions. According to the statistics of the first half of 20 1 1, there were12,450 early education institutions in Chinese mainland, of which foreign investment accounted for 17.8%. At present, the most active early education markets in China are Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The data shows that in the first half of 20 1 1, the number of early education centers in these four cities increased by 33.6%, reaching 5 1 12. The number of new English early education centers reached 48.6%, the number of enlightenment centers increased by 23.5%, the number of thinking centers increased by 2 1.8%, and other sports, puzzles and music categories all increased to varying degrees.