BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, British
Prime Minister Theresa May paid a
three-day visit to China. During her visit, Teresa May
went to see TAL's education technology products on Febuary 2,
accompanied by TAL's President Bai Yunfeng. Products such as
Xueersi Online School's Live Broadcast System, Xueersi Online
School's Virtual Reality (VR) Classroom, Snowland Reading, and
ABCtime Live all gained praise from the Prime Minister and her
accompanying staff.
According to Theresa May,
China being Britain's important economic partner will be
establishing new joint relations with Britain in the education field. This will not
only become an important cornerstone for establishing educational
cooperation between the two countries, but will also bring about
new opportunities to Chinese educational companies to develop new
international strategies for a better future.
Bai Yunfeng explained, "Xueersi Online School is an online
education platform, which provides education for over six million
students across China and enables
them to have real-time communication via its live broadcast
system."
Currently, Xueersi Online School has begun integrating AI
technologies into their live broadcasts. For
example, students' pronunciation can be assessed real
time in Chinese and English teaching, which was well received
by the audience in attendance.
On the same day, British Secretary of State for
International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
Liam Fox was present for TAL's
Xueersi English and the Oxford
University Press' signing ceremony in Shanghai. Togther, the two parties will
establish Xueersi English Overseas Research Institute in
Britain, further developing TAL's
cooperation with the UK's education sector. Specifically, it will
help support R&D in China to
better guarantee sustainable development and growth.
In recent years, TAL has been seeking to expand its cooperation
aboard with leading educational technology companies, elevating its
international strategic plans. The Chinese education company has
collaborated with some of the leading international academic
institutions in the world, such as ETS and world-renowned
publisher Dorling Kindersley. TAL's
content and products have also been introduced in reputable
publications, including Reading A-Z, as well as National
Geographic. A continual push for an internationalized education
system has strengthened its core offerings, providing children
in China with more systemized
learning resources.
In the future, TAL will continue developing international
education programs to accomplish its mission of "advancing
education through science and technology", and help more
Chinese students with going global.
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