Great achievements have been made in the field of network education in China over the past decade . With the development of economic society , the supportive environment for e‐learning development has undergone profound changes .This paper ,adopting PEST approach ,at‐tempts at the analysis of the environmental factors influencing e‐learning in China .Though the net‐work education development in China is at its best in all times with the supports of policy ,econo‐my ,society and technology ,there are still some major problems such as lack o...