On September 27, Nandan County, Hechi City, Guangxi, announced that it had established a special investigation team to conduct a comprehensive investigation and verification into the controversy over "teachers being forced to pay for their own training." The county education bureau had previously denied screening teachers based on teaching performance, but confirmed that teachers were required to cover their own transportation, food, and accommodation expenses.
On September 26, a primary school teacher reported to the media that 309 teachers in Nandan County, Guangxi, were included in a "teaching capacity building training program." Some were reportedly selected due to lower rankings in teaching performance. The training takes place every Friday, with transportation and lodging expenses to be borne by the participants themselves, posing a particularly long and difficult commute for rural teachers.