Xiaomi agent works with schools to promote smart campus

The Hou Kong Middle School signed a cooperation agreement yesterday with the Xin Dong Li Source Technological Company (Xin Dong Li) regarding technological cooperation between the school and the company, which is a local agent of Chinese phone maker Xiaomi.

The agreement states that Xin Dong Li will educate students about technology to promote the concept and establishment of a ‘smart campus’.

The company will also educate teachers about the theory and practical applications of technology.

Furthermore, the company will equip the school with new hardware facilities.

Hou Kong Middle School believes that the cooperation will play a key role in the school’s teaching and promotion of a smart campus.

The school also plans to hire artificial intelligence experts from mainland China to come to Macau to broaden the knowledge of both students and teachers about big data and artificial intelligence.

“Artificial intelligence can have a big impact [on] the school’s teaching and education,” declared Iao Tun Ieong, Director of Hou Kong Middle School.

Xin Dong Li Source Technological Company is an agent of Xiaomi Corp in Macau.

Fu Jin, Chairman of the Board of Xin Dong Li, claimed that the company is negotiating with five other local schools aiming to bring technological training closer to students and teachers.

Fu thinks that Macau’s schools display a rather passionate stance towards smart campus concepts and practices.

Xiaomi, which helped to pioneer the trend for ultra-low- priced smartphones, says it plans to become an equipment-
and-hardware brand alongside Apple. The 8-year-old company has yet to give details of how that business model will work outside China. JZ

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