Zhixun Finance APP stated that bdv edu intl (01082) announced that, to support the group in developing its domestic ai and digital education business strategy, on September 29, 2024, the company's subsidiary - bdv edu intl (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., registered in Shenzhen, signed a framework cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Futian District Education Science Research Institute (Futian Education Science Institute) and the South University of Science and Technology Artificial Intelligence Education Research Center (Nanke Dazhi Jiaoyan Center) to establish a framework for cooperation in empowering education reform innovation with ai in the region and cooperating on ai education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong area.

According to the framework cooperation agreement, the three parties will work together to promote the development of ai education, create a comprehensive demonstration body for ai innovation, plan to carry out the training of top-notch innovative talents supported by intelligent technology domestically, establish an ai and virtual learning space that empowers educational application scenarios, and open the first ai research base within the region. Collaboratively build an ai teacher competency framework, explore the paradigm and methods of deep integration of ai and education; develop insight reports on ai education applications, as standards for promoting the effectiveness of ai education.

Also, promoting the landing of the 'Kunpeng' science fiction literature award in Hong Kong, developing top-notch innovative training courses such as ai + technology innovation, science fiction literature, and establishing the first integrated mainland and Hong Kong ai + literature all-media innovation ecosystem.

Futian Education Science Institute is a municipal institution under the Futian District Education Bureau of Shenzhen. It is mainly responsible for conducting comprehensive research on education policy, education reform, educational science planning, basic education curriculum and teaching, evaluation and quality monitoring, educational information construction, conducting research guidance on ethics, sports, health, arts, psychological health, and family education for primary and secondary schools, as well as the construction of a course system and training business for continuing education of principals and teachers of public (civilian) primary and secondary schools (kindergartens) in the entire region.

Nanke Dazhi Jiaoyan Center is an institution under the South University of Science and Technology, one of the key research bases for humanities and social sciences in Shenzhen. It mainly focuses on ai education innovation, with research directions including ai-supported teaching and learning innovation, ai course materials and teaching method innovation, and learning analysis and evaluation supported by big data. In the past, it has undertaken multiple national natural science funds, national social science funds, and provincial-level planning projects including "In-depth interaction and precise evaluation research of online teaching", "Multi-modal analysis of classroom spatial teaching behavior and support for teacher practice reflection research", "Intelligent binary sensing technology research for multi-target positioning, motion capture, and behavior analysis", "Formation and evolution research on classroom collaborative knowledge construction culture", and more.

The board of directors believes that the cooperation will help the group promote its domestic education business, expand its share in the growing domestic digital education market, and contribute to empowering education with ai in China.

Given the huge Chinese mainland education market and its strong demand for digital and intelligent education, the group expects the future demand for its education solutions and services to continue to rise. Therefore, the group will continue to discuss with potential partners in various fields about more possible ways of cooperation or investment.