Lee found out that a lot private tutoring centers were thriving in those areas. Shen Zhen and Guang Zhou have always been the modeling cities for the development of the rest of China. Mr. Lee went back to Tian Jin, ponder on the issue of whether the market is ready in Tian Jin, and how is he going to find his targeted market group. Olympic math soon caught his attention, for top students in high school or middle school all wanted to join and win in this competition so that they can be selected into college without going through the rigorous college entrance examination. And also wining in Olympic math competition can bring student the pride of being intelligent. In 1999, Mr.Lee established the first Olympic math lessons in Tian Jin. Not before long it became the most famous program in the city, for Lee hired college professors to teach middle school high achieving students. The Olympic math lessons drew hundreds of students to attend.
In 2001, Chinese government began to publicly criticize the after school programs especially the Olympic math programs, the government officially banning all the Olympic math programs. Chinese government thought programs like Olympic derailed students’ attention in studying the state required courses, and it also increased pressure on students’ academic