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HQU’s Robots for Chinese Language and Culture Education Go Overseas

Release time:2022-12-21      Author:

On December 19, President Huang Duanming of the Philippine Chinese Education Research Center extended sincere thanks at the Online Conference Concerning Overseas Chinese Education to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Fujian Provincial Government for its kind donation of 400 robots to serve the Chinese language and culture education.


The Online Conference


The 3rdsession of the online conference themed “Friendship Renewing in Cloud Meeting Room” was held in Fuzhou. Wang Yongli, member of the Standing Committee of Fujian Provincial Committee and director of the United Front Work Department of Fujian Provincial Committee, Xiao Huaxin, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of Fujian Provincial Committee, Wang Yang, deputy director of the Educational Bureau of Fujian Province, and Xu Xipeng, secretary of the Party Committee of Huaqiao University (HQU) attended the conference.


Discussions on how to promote the development of overseas Chinese education based on close bonds were held in both online and onsite conference among more than 80 attendees who are excellent overseas Chinese language teachers from the Fujian Province Chinese Education Center and heads of Chinese education organizations and schools from the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, and other countries. Seven of them from the Philippine Chinese Education Research Center, the United Chinese School Teachers’ Association of Malaysia, the Chinese Teachers (Thailand) Association, and other institutions delivered speeches successively.


Entrusted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Fujian Provincial Government in October this year, HQU sent the batch of robots for Chinese language and culture education with the key technology of the learning system for overseas Chinese schools to relieve the shortage of Chinese language teachers. Currently, this type of robot has fulfilled its development and successfully passed the operational test of the Philippine Chinese Education Research Center.


The delicate robot, light blue, 237mm high, 185mm long, and only 144mm thick at its thickest point, is the first intelligent educational robot in China tailored for Chinese language and culture education. Featuring 12 Philippine Chinese language textbooks and various modules like language learning and human-machine interaction, it highlights the significant efforts of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office to localize the teaching syllabus and teaching materials and innovate information technology, digitization, and smart technology.


HQU’s Robot for Chinese Language and Culture Education

HQU’s Robot Facilitating Language Learning


Recently, HQU has followed the trend of integrating the new technology revolution with education and explored “Chinese Education Plus” with the resources of relevant disciplines. Through close cooperation with Unisound, an artificial intelligence enterprise, HQU has made great efforts to promote scientific and technological innovation to enable Chinese language and culture education and establish the Intelligent Chinese Language Education Innovation Center which will integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Chinese language and culture education, carry out technological breakthroughs and develop the Industry-University-Research-Application System.


Since the outbreak of the epidemic, HQU has worked closely with the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and the United Front Work Department of Fujian Provincial Committee to establish a series of platforms for Chinese language and culture education, including a deep learning platform, intelligent management platform for research and study, activity registration platform and visualization platform of a young volunteer talent pool. Moreover, HQU has increased the supply of online education resources and carried out a series of online Chinese language and culture education activities, including cloud classroom for traditional Chinese talent, cloud training for Chinese language teachers, cloud exchanges for Chinese youth across the globe, cloud seminars on Chinese education, and the cloud lectures for the parents of students in overseas Chinese schools. HQU has held the Chinese Language Training Programs for Foreign Government Officials online for 17 consecutive years. As of 2022, 5,924 overseas Chinese teenagers from 38 countries and Chinese school teachers from 30 countries have participated in various activities and trainings organized by HQU.


(Editor: Cai Juntao)

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