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Represents the disposal percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted.

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Amount classified as payable attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.

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Aggregate cash proceeds received from a combination of transactions in which noncurrent assets are sold, which may include the sale of a business, an investment in an affiliate (including an equity method investee), property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Excludes sales of trading, available-for-sale, and held-to-maturity securities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARIES (Narrative) (Details) ¥ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 CNY (¥)	Aug. 31, 2017 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2016 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Gain on disposal			¥ 0	$ 0	¥ 38,145	¥ 0
Liabilities			647,448		811,461		$ 94,167
Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Payable Current One			¥ 25,532		¥ 137,532
Ambow Online [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration		¥ 171,137
Decrease In Consideration		137,532
Gain on disposal		¥ 33,605
Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Disposal Percentage		100.00%
Twenty Firsts Training Center [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration	¥ 1
Gain on disposal	¥ 4,540
Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Disposal Percentage	100.00%
Proceeds from Sales of Business, Affiliate and Productive Assets	¥ 1
Liabilities	¥ 4,540