On May 26, Liu Yong, the chairman of the Beijing Haidian District Political Consultative Conference, and his entourage visited TAL Education Group to research the company's situation and the current development of the online education industry.
Beijing Haidian District CPPCC Vice Chairman Hu Shuyan, Haidian District CPPCC Secretary General Zhang Qibing, Haidian District Committee Education Work Committee Secretary Yin Lijun, Haidian Street Party Committee Secretary Qi Mingjun, Haidian District CPPCC Comprehensive Office (Research Office) Director Dang Huihai, Haidian District CPPCC Education, Culture, Health, and Sports and Culture and History Committee Director Sun Jiguang, Haidian District Committee Education Work Committee Deputy Secretary Tu Yongyong and other leaders attended the research.
Liu Yong and his entourage experience TAL Education Group's independently developed WISROOM smart classroom
Liu Yong and his entourage first visited TAL Education Group's exhibition hall to learn about the company's development history in detail and experience TAL Education Group's independently developed WISROOM smart classroom, and interacted with "AI teachers."
The WISROOM smart classroom is one of TAL Education Group's applications of "artificial intelligence + education". When learners read the words on the screen, the system can achieve speech recognition and evaluation, forming a smart education learning report.
Later, Liu Yong and his entourage experienced the Mandarin teaching system of the AI teacher customized and developed by TAL Education Group for Zhaojue County, Liangshan Prefecture. The system is specially customized for preschool children's Yi-Han bilingual learning modules, deeply integrating technologies such as speech recognition and speech evaluation, to achieve intelligent evaluation and real-time correction of children's pronunciation. As of November 2019, nearly 80,000 students and more than 2,000 primary and secondary school teachers have benefited from it.
Liu Yong and TAL Education Group CEO Wan Yiting held a discussion
During the discussion, Wan Yiting, CEO of TAL Education Group, introduced the company's development situation to Liu Yong and his entourage in terms of business, research and development, public welfare, and party building.
Wan Yiting pointed out that TAL Education has grown into a technology education company that takes smart education and open platforms as the main body, quality education and extracurricular tutoring as the carrier, and explores new education models for the future.
Around the needs of educational scenarios, TAL Education Group has cumulatively developed eight types and more than 100 AI capabilities, created more than ten AI solutions for educational scenarios, covering various links such as teaching, learning, testing, training, and evaluation.
During the epidemic, TAL Education Group established a special fund of 100 million yuan to provide free high-quality online courses for primary and secondary school students nationwide, provide free live broadcast platforms and technical support for primary and secondary schools nationwide, and provide online live broadcast teaching solutions for educational training institutions nationwide.
In May 2014, TAL Education Group established its first party branch, and the group's Party committee currently has more than 7,000 party members.
Wan Yiting stated that the internet and technology can more quickly promote educational equity and inclusiveness, allowing children in remote mountainous areas to also enjoy high-quality educational resources. As a homegrown Haidian enterprise, TAL Education Group hopes to combine the advantages of Haidian education to explore more cutting-edge technology education, more open initiatives, and more warm industry cooperation to make education better.
Qi Mingjun stated that as the core area of scientific and technological innovation demonstration zone, the rapid development of emerging formats of cultural and technological integration in the Western District of Zhongguancun. Internet education is a new format and a growth point for the new economy. Haidian Street will further strengthen the construction of software and hardware in the western area of Zhongguancun, improve road conditions, enhance green environment, and provide four services to escort corporate development.
Liu Yong pointed out that future education will be the integrated development of online and offline, and TAL Education Group has made many good attempts and explorations in "technology + education." Internet education is both a challenge and an opportunity. It is hoped that TAL Education Group will use technology to build a safe haven for education, further carry out innovative explorations, and help the intelligent transformation and upgrading of the education industry. Haidian District will leverage its organizational advantages and service advantages to create a good innovative ecological environment for enterprises, promote the high-quality development of internet education, and continue to work hard to build Haidian into a strong education area with "world-class, Chinese characteristics, capital characteristics, and Haidian quality".