Organization and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Basis of Presentation

1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Sunlands Technology Group (the “Company” or “Sunlands Technology”) was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on September 18, 2015. The Company, its subsidiaries, the consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and VIEs’ subsidiaries (collectively the “Group”) are primarily engaged in providing online education services in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).

As of December 31, 2021, details of the Company’s major subsidiaries, VIEs and VIEs’ subsidiaries were as follows:

Name (1)	Date of establishment/ acquisition	Place of establishment	Percentage of direct or indirect economic ownership	Principal activities
Subsidiaries:
Sunlands Online Education HK    Limited ("Sunlands HK")	October 6, 2015	HongKong	100%	Investment holding
Wuhan Studyvip Online Education Co.,    Ltd. ("Wuhan Zhibo")	August 2, 2017	PRC	100%	Provision of technical consultation and services
Tianjin Alaman Education Technology    Co., Ltd. ("Tianjin Alaman")	July 31, 2017	PRC	100%	Provision of technical consultation and services
Wuhan Shangde Online Education    Technology Co., Ltd. ("Wuhan    Shangde")	June 25, 2019	PRC	100%	Provision of education services
Variable interest entities ("VIEs"):
Beijing Shangde Online Education    Technology Co., Ltd. ("Beijing    Sunlands")	September 27, 2013	PRC	N/A*	Investment holding and provision of education services
Tianjin Shangde Online Education    Technology Co., Ltd. ("Tianjin    Shangde")	March 21, 2018	PRC	N/A*	Provision of education services
Wuhan Jiayan Online Education    Technology Co., Ltd. ("Wuhan    Jiayan")	August 5, 2020	PRC	N/A*	Provision of education services
VIEs’ subsidiaries:
Beijing Baobian Consumer Technology    Co., Ltd.	March 13, 2012	PRC	N/A*	Provision of education, consumer and technology services
Beijing Shangren Chongye Education    Technology Co., Ltd.	September 27, 2013	PRC	N/A*	Provision of education services
Beijing Jiayan Online Education    Technology Co., Ltd.	August 26, 2020	PRC	N/A*	Provision of education services

* These entities are controlled by the Company pursuant to the contractual agreements disclosed below.  

(1) The English names are for identification purpose only.