Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] | 1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION RISE Education Cayman Ltd (the “Company”) is a limited company incorporated in the Cayman Islands under the laws of Cayman Islands on July 16, 2013. On September 30, 2013 (the “Acquisition date”), the Company acquired from certain third-party sellers a junior English Language Training (“ELT”) business (the “Acquisition”). The Company does not conduct any substantive operations on its own but instead conducts its primary business operations through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the variable interest entity (the “VIE”), and the VIE’s subsidiaries and schools, which are mainly located in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). The VIE, the VIE’s subsidiaries and schools, hereinafter are collectively referred to as the “VIEs”. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and the VIEs (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Group”). The Group is principally engaged in the business of providing junior ELT services in the PRC primarily under the “RISE” brand. The Group offers a wide range of educational programs, services and products, consisting primarily of educational courses, sale of course materials, franchise services, and study tours. As of March 31, 2018, details of the Company’s subsidiaries, the VIE and the VIE’s subsidiaries and schools are the same as December 31, 2017. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information using accounting policies that are consistent with those used in the preparation of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, except for adoption of ASC606 (refer to “Adoption of New Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard” for definition) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements contain all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, operating results and cash flows of the Company for each of the periods presented. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other interim period or for the full year of 2018. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. The Group’s business is affected by seasonality. The Group generally generates higher revenue from the third quarter starting in September when the new school term commences and in the fourth quarter of each year, due to more courses being offered. In addition, higher revenues are generated in the third quarter due to summer overseas study tours organized during the summer school holidays. The Group has historically generated lower revenues in the first quarter due to fewer courses offered during the Chinese New Year season, and is partially offset by revenues generated from winter overseas study tours. The following financial statement balances and amounts of the VIEs were included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements: As at December 31, As at March 31, As at March 31, 2017 2018 2018 RMB RMB US$ Cash and cash equivalents 654,777 464,545 74,059 Restricted cash 10,441 10,441 1,664 Short-term investments — 5,000 797 Accounts receivable, net 1,364 587 94 Inventories 1,952 2,420 386 Prepayments and other current assets 32,621 39,280 6,262 Amounts due from the Group’s subsidiaries 106,748 506,836 80,802 Total current assets 807,903 1,029,109 164,064 Property and equipment, net 92,803 91,804 14,636 Intangible assets, net 1,060 917 146 Goodwill 145,781 145,781 23,241 Deferred tax assets 2,404 12,134 1,934 Other non-current 31,681 35,022 5,583 Total non-current 273,729 285,658 45,540 Total assets 1,081,632 1,314,767 209,604 Accounts payable 3,168 3,636 580 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 100,156 96,720 15,419 Deferred revenue and customer advances 776,052 1,010,437 161,087 Income taxes payable 18,254 21,318 3,399 Amounts due to the Group’s subsidiaries 67,990 65,993 10,521 Total current liabilities 965,620 1,198,104 191,006 Deferred revenue and customer advances — 27,658 4,409 Other non-current 2,682 2,079 331 Total non-current 2,682 29,737 4,740 Total liabilities 968,302 1,227,841 195,746 Three months ended March 31, 2017 2018 2018 RMB RMB US$ Revenues 202,542 247,159 39,403 Net income 1,904 16,935 2,700 Net cash used in operating activities (157,239 ) (175,458 ) (27,972 ) Net cash used in investing activities (16,371 ) (14,774 ) (2,355 ) The revenue-producing assets that are held by the VIEs comprise of property and equipment, student base. The VIEs contributed an aggregate of 96.3% and 91.5% of the consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2018, respectively, after elimination of inter- company transactions. As of March 31, 2018, there was no pledge or collateralization of the VIEs’ assets that can only be used to settle obligations of the VIEs. Other than the amounts due to subsidiaries of the Group (which are eliminated upon consolidation), all remaining liabilities of the VIEs are without recourse to the Company. The Company did not provide nor intend to provide financial or other support not previously contractually required to the VIEs during the periods presented. Relevant PRC laws and regulations restrict the VIEs from transferring a portion of its net assets, equivalent to the balance of its paid-in | 1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION RISE Education Cayman Ltd (the “Company”) is a limited company incorporated in the Cayman Islands under the laws of Cayman Islands on July 16, 2013. On September 30, 2013 (the “Acquisition date”), the Company acquired from certain third-party sellers a junior English Language Training (“ELT”) business (the “Acquisition”). In October 2017, the Group completed an initial public offering (“IPO”) and issued 5,000,000 American depositary shares representing 10,000,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares. Net proceeds from the IPO after deducting underwriting discount and offering costs were RMB437,829 (US$67,293). Deferred IPO costs of RMB42,012 (US$6,457) were recorded as a reduction of the proceeds from the IPO in shareholders’ equity. The Company does not conduct any substantive operations on its own but instead conducts its primary business operations through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the variable interest entity (the “VIE”), and the VIE’s subsidiaries and schools, which are located in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). The VIE, the VIE’s subsidiaries and schools, hereinafter are collectively referred to as the “VIEs”. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and the VIEs (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Group”). The Group is principally engaged in the business of providing junior ELT services in the PRC primarily under the “RISE” brand. The Group offers a wide range of educational programs, services and products, consisting primarily of educational courses, sale of course materials, franchise services, and study tours. As of December 31, 2017, details of the Company’s subsidiaries, the VIE and the VIE’s subsidiaries and schools are as follows: Name Date of establishment Place of Percentage Principal activity Subsidiaries of the Company: RISE Education Cayman III Ltd (“Cayman III”) July 29, 2013 Cayman Islands 100% Investment holding RISE Education Cayman I Ltd (“Cayman”) June 19, 2013 Cayman Islands 100% Investment holding Rise IP (Cayman) Limited (“Rise IP”) July 24, 2013 Cayman Islands 100% Educational consulting Edge Franchising Co., Limited (“Edge Franchising”) March 16, 2016 Hong Kong 100% Educational consulting Bain Capital Rise Education (HK) Limited (“Rise HK”) June 24, 2013 Hong Kong 100% Educational consulting Rise (Tianjin) Education Information Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Rise Tianjin” or “WFOE”) August 12, 2013 PRC 100% Educational consulting VIE: Beijing Step Ahead Education Technology Development Co., Ltd. January 2, 2008 PRC — Educational consulting VIE’s subsidiaries and school: Beijing Haidian District Step Ahead Training School September 18, 2008 PRC — Language education Beijing Shijingshan District Step Ahead Training School July 14, 2009 PRC — Language education Beijing Changping District Step Ahead Training School July 3, 2009 PRC — Language education Beijing Chaoyang District Step Ahead Training School July 20, 2009 PRC — Language education Beijing Xicheng District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School February 5, 2010 PRC — Language education Beijing Dongcheng District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School July 30, 2010 PRC — Language education Beijing Tongzhou District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School April 19, 2011 PRC — Language education Beijing Daxing District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School March 31, 2013 PRC — Language education Beijing Fengtai District Step Ahead Training School February 28, 2012 PRC — Language education Shanghai Boyu Investment Management Co., Ltd. January 29, 2012 PRC — Language education Shanghai Riverdeep Education Information Consulting Co., Ltd. March 8, 2010 PRC — Educational consulting Shanghai Huangpu District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School June 17, 2011 PRC — Language education Guangzhou Ruisi Education Technology Development Co., Ltd. August 17, 2012 PRC — Training services Guangzhou Yuexiu District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School April 29, 2014 PRC — Language education Guangzhou Haizhu District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School-Chigang December 8, 2014 PRC — Language education Guangzhou Tianhe District RISE Immersion Subject English Training School July 11, 2017 PRC — Language education Shenzhen Mei Ruisi Education Management Co., Ltd. February 28, 2014 PRC — Training services Shenzhen Futian District Rise Training Center January 8, 2015 PRC — Language education Shenzhen Nanshan District Rise Training Center May 26, 2015 PRC — Language education Shenzhen Luohu District Rise Training Center August 3, 2017 PRC — Language education Wuxi Rise Foreign Language Training Co., Ltd. June 5, 2013 PRC — Training services The VIE arrangements PRC laws and regulations currently require any foreign entity that invests in the education business in China to be an educational institution with relevant experience in providing educational services outside China. The Group’s offshore holding companies are not educational institutions and do not provide educational services outside China. Accordingly, the Group’s offshore holding companies are not allowed to directly engage in the education business in China. To comply with PRC laws and regulations, the Group conducts all of its junior ELT business in China through the VIEs. The VIEs hold the requisite licenses and permits necessary to conduct the Group’s junior ELT business. In addition, the VIEs hold leases and other assets necessary to operate the Group’s schools, employ teachers and generate substantially all of the Group’s revenues. Despite the lack of technical majority ownership, the Company has effective control of the VIE through a series of contractual arrangements (the “Contractual Agreements”) and a parent-subsidiary relationship exists between the Company and the VIE. The equity interests of the VIE are legally held by PRC individuals (the “Nominee Shareholders”). Through the Contractual Agreements, the nominee shareholders of the VIE effectively assign all their voting rights underlying their equity interests in the VIE to the Company, and therefore, the Company has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance. The Company also has the right to receive economic benefits from the VIE that potentially could be significant to the VIE. Based on the above, the Company consolidates the VIE in accordance with SEC Regulation SX-3A-02 ASC810-10, Consolidation: Overall. The following is a summary of the Contractual Agreements: Proxy Agreement. Loan Agreements. Call Option Agreement. Business Cooperation Agreement. Equity Pledge Agreement. Consulting Services Agreements. Service agreement. Comprehensive Services Agreements. License Agreements. Spousal Consent Letters. In November 2016, certain Contractual Agreements were supplemented to reflect a change in one of the Nominee Shareholders designated by Rise HK, and it was resolved that Rise HK through the WFOE held the irrevocable proxy to exercise all the voting rights of the shareholders of the VIE since the Proxy Agreement was in existence. As a result, Rise HK has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. In June 2017, certain Contractual Arrangements were supplemented to reflect a change in one of the Nominee Shareholders designated by Rise HK. Based on the opinion of the Company’s PRC legal counsel, (i) the ownership structure of the Group, including its subsidiaries in the PRC and VIEs are in compliance with all existing PRC laws and regulations; and (ii) each of the Contractual Agreements among Rise HK, the WFOE, the VIEs and the Nominee Shareholders governed by PRC laws, are legal, valid and binding, enforceable against such parties, and will not result in any violation of PRC laws or regulations currently in effect. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could cause the relevant regulatory authorities to find the current Contractual Agreements and businesses to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations. If the Company, Rise HK, the WFOE or any of its current or future VIEs are found in violation of any existing or future laws or regulations, or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required permits or approvals, the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such violations, which may include, but not limited to, revocation of business and operating licenses, being required to discontinue or restrict its business operations, restriction of the Group’s right to collect revenues, being required to restructure its operations, imposition of additional conditions or requirements with which the Group may not be able to comply, or other regulatory or enforcement actions against the Group that could be harmful to its business. The imposition of any of these or other penalties may result in a material and adverse effect on the Group’s ability to conduct its business. In addition, if the imposition of any of these penalties causes the Company to lose the rights to direct the activities of the VIEs or the right to receive their economic benefits, the Company would no longer be able to consolidate the VIEs. The following financial statement balances and amounts of the VIEs were included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements: As at December 31, 2016 2017 2017 RMB RMB US$ Cash and cash equivalents 437,594 654,777 100,637 Restricted cash 5,609 10,441 1,605 Accounts receivable, net — 1,364 210 Inventories 1,605 1,952 300 Prepayments and other current assets 38,297 32,621 5,014 Amounts due from the Group’s subsidiaries 63,897 106,748 16,406 Total current assets 547,002 807,903 124,172 Property and equipment, net 67,601 92,803 14,264 Intangible assets, net 1,740 1,060 163 Goodwill 145,781 145,781 22,406 Deferred tax assets 4,087 2,404 369 Other non-current 23,564 31,681 4,869 Total non-current 242,773 273,729 42,071 Total assets 789,775 1,081,632 166,243 Accounts payable 1,484 3,168 487 Accrued expenses and other liabilities 76,418 100,156 15,394 Deferred revenue and customer advances 581,215 776,052 119,277 Income taxes payable 1,329 18,254 2,806 Amounts due to the Group’s subsidiaries 49,007 67,990 10,449 Total current liabilities 709,453 965,620 148,413 Deferred tax liabilities 2,527 — — Other non-current 1,744 2,682 412 Total non-current 4,271 2,682 412 Total liabilities 713,724 968,302 148,825 For the Years ended December 31, 2015 2016 2017 2017 RMB RMB RMB US$ Revenues 503,256 673,264 912,166 140,197 Net (loss)/income (51,138 ) (24,532 ) 24,771 3,807 Net cash provided by operating activities 99,499 49,586 263,813 40,547 Net cash used in investing activities (34,116 ) (26,792 ) (46,630 ) (7,167 ) The revenue-producing assets that are held by the VIEs comprise of property and equipment, student base and franchise agreements. The VIEs contributed an aggregate of 95%, 95% and 94% of the consolidated revenues for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively, after elimination of inter-company transactions. As of December 31, 2017, there was no pledge or collateralization of the VIEs’ assets that can only be used to settle obligations of the VIEs. Other than the amounts due to subsidiaries of the Group (which are eliminated upon consolidation), all remaining liabilities of the VIEs are without recourse to the Company. The Company did not provide nor intend to provide financial or other support not previously contractually required to the VIEs during the years presented. Relevant PRC laws and regulations restrict the VIEs from transferring a portion of its net assets, equivalent to the balance of its paid-in |