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A series of Hong Kong listings of mainland Chinese education companies has given foreign investors access to one of the country’s fastest growing and most tightly restricted consumer sectors.

Last month’s $153m initial public offering of vocational school provider Xinhua Education was the latest of about 10 education listings over the past year, which were some of the Hong Kong bourse’s best-performing IPOs over the period.