Beijing Yunsizhixue Technology Co Ltd recently inked a cooperation deal with East China Normal University to build a laboratory for educational digitalization, and the two parties will accelerate research and development for smart education solutions.

The company will leverage its technical capabilities to help build smart education application scenarios before, during and after class so as to improve studying and teaching efficiency, said Chen Gongming, chairman of Yunsizhixue.

Shi Guoyue, an official of East China Normal University, said the move creates a model of industry-university-research cooperation and is of significance to educational modernization and informatization.