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OS-EASY Integrated Campus-wide Desktop Cloud Solution

Solution Overview

To address the diverse teaching needs of higher education, the solution provides a cloud desktop platform that integrates four desktop virtualization technologies: VDI, VOI, IDV, and TCI. It enables the construction of a multifunctional, converged cloud lab that supports teaching, hands-on training, self-directed learning, and examinations.

This solution is ideal for large-scale and complex hybrid scenarios such as public computer labs, training rooms, 3D classrooms, language labs, multimedia classrooms, digital reading rooms, faculty offices, and various examination environments. It meets the application requirements of foundational, comprehensive, and research-oriented experiments across different academic disciplines.

Solution Architecture Diagram

  • Data Center

A centralized cloud server resource cluster delivers cloud desktop services through an integrated desktop virtualization platform, covering all application scenarios. Branch campuses can either share cloud server resources from the main campus or deploy their own servers, all unified under a single management platform for cross-campus coordination.

  • Network Setup

All campus data networks are interconnected via the internal LAN, while branch campus management networks are connected to the main campus data center through the education private network or the Internet, enabling centralized management via a unified platform.

  • Management Interface

Two types of management methods are provided: an integrated management platform and a WeChat Mini Program.

  • Integrated Management Platform

Accessed via web browser, this platform allows for bulk desktop customization, operating system deployment, routine software updates, patch management, and other operational tasks—greatly simplifying IT administration.

  • Client

A single client application supports access to cloud desktops across VDI, IDV, and VOI architectures, seamlessly integrated with TCI boot technology—boosting O&M efficiency by up to 90%. Supported access devices include cloud terminals (thin and thick clients), all-in-one machines (thin and thick), PCs, laptops, smartphones, and tablets.

Solution Details

Cloud-based Teaching for Faculty

  • Remote Desktop Access

Teachers can access their personalized cloud desktops anytime, anywhere using laptops, all-in-one displays, PCs, smartphones, or tablets—whether teaching in a multimedia classroom, working from home, or unable to reach their office. By logging in via the OS-EASY client or a web browser, they can instantly access all teaching and administrative data in real time.

  • Smart Timetable Switching

Administrators can preconfigure class schedules in advance according to the academic calendar. When teachers and students enter the lab for class, the terminal automatically switches to the corresponding teaching desktop based on the timetable—no manual input required. This enables seamless support for diverse teaching scenarios.

  • Seamless Online/Offline Mode

The cloud desktop platform features a dual-system design combining virtual and local environments. While users primarily work in a virtual desktop, a local operating system is also retained on the terminal. If the server or network goes down, the system automatically switches to the local OS, ensuring uninterrupted classes. Even if no OS is pre-installed, multimedia teaching software enables offline broadcasting and lesson continuity.

  • One-Click Multimedia Switching

The solution includes a self-developed multimedia interactive teaching software deeply integrated with the cloud desktop infrastructure. Teachers can seamlessly switch between cloud operating systems with a single click, enabling dynamic use of features like screen broadcasting, student demonstrations, assignment distribution, and more—across different OS environments.

  • Linux Classroom Broadcasting

By flexibly combining multi-desktop systems and the teaching platform, instructors can broadcast Linux-based instructional activities to all student desktops in real time, ensuring consistency and efficiency in open-source or programming-focused classes.

  • VOI Desktop Data Roaming

Teachers can package and upload their local VOI desktop environments to the cloud with one click. In other teaching scenarios such as multimedia classrooms, they can roam seamlessly by accessing the same personalized desktop through VDI, ensuring a consistent experience across locations.

  • System Update with Data Retention

With industry-leading image layering technology, system and application updates no longer disrupt the user environment. Installed applications, personal files, customized settings, and even virus database information are preserved—ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining individual teaching and office workflows.

  • Secure Cloud Data Backup

The platform utilizes distributed storage technology, supporting dual-replica and triple-replica data protection. In the event of server failure, data is automatically rebuilt and recovered, ensuring that no teaching or administrative data is lost.

Cloud-based Learning for Students

  • Learning via Cloud Terminals and Laptops

Students access the teaching desktop environment using cloud terminal devices, available in both thin and thick client configurations. Depending on the specific needs of each academic discipline, suitable terminal types can be selected for optimal performance and compatibility.

  • Mobile Access to Training Desktops

Students can log in to teaching desktop pools using their own laptops in public learning areas or open laboratories. This flexible setup enables open-access experimental learning across campus spaces.

  • Dual Desktop Modes: Teaching & Personal

Teaching Desktop (For Public Classes): Students use pre-configured teaching desktops with auto-login (no credentials required). After each class, desktop data is automatically reset, ensuring a clean and standardized environment every time.

Personal Desktop (For Independent Learning): For hands-on training, capstone projects, or research tasks, students log in to personal desktops using their credentials. Data is retained across sessions, supporting continuous and portable learning.

  • Multi-OS Switching on a Single Terminal

A single terminal can host multiple operating systems. Students can switch to the OS that matches the requirements of a specific course, each with its own set of teaching software. Supported OS types include Windows 7, Windows 10, CentOS, UOS, KylinOS, and more, ensuring flexibility across academic disciplines.

  • Concurrent Multi-OS Operation

Designed for next-generation engineering and coding courses, the cloud platform allows students to run and interact with multiple operating systems (e.g., Linux, Win10, Win7) simultaneously. Users can either work in full-screen single-OS mode or display multiple desktops within a unified window, enabling easy switching and a smooth experience.

  • Shared Learning Resource Zone

Shared Resources: Students can access all course materials uploaded by instructors.

Private Submissions: Students can upload assignments to a secure area that is accessible only by instructors, ensuring academic privacy and controlled feedback.

  • On-Demand High-Performance Desktops

For courses requiring advanced graphics design and 3D rendering, students can select from two powerful options:

Local VOI Desktops: Leverages local hardware resources to meet high-end rendering demands.

VDI Desktops with GPU Virtualization: GPU resources are dynamically allocated as needed, ensuring real-time performance for intensive 3D design tasks.

  • Smart Caching for High-Speed I/O

For software applications with heavy I/O demands—such as ERP/accounting suite setups—intelligent caching significantly enhances read/write performance. Even with concurrent terminal access, data initialization processes (like creating account sets) can complete in under 3 minutes, comparable to single-machine speeds.

  • OEIPD Protocol for Ultimate Desktop Experience

The OEIPD protocol, Self-developed, uses AI-based dynamic image detection and hybrid encoding with intelligent caching to deliver high-quality visuals and audio with minimal latency. This ensures a smooth, responsive user experience while reducing bandwidth consumption and enhancing real-time interaction.

Cloud-based Administration and Management

  • Unified Management of Heterogeneous Terminals Across Campuses and VLANs

In diverse environments such as public computer labs, training laboratories, 3D labs, language labs, libraries, multimedia classrooms, exam centers, and faculty offices, both thin and thick clients can be centrally managed through the integrated management platform. This enables unified control across five key layers: interface, resources, terminals, templates, and data.

  • Innovative 3V+T Integrated Client for Seamless Cloud-Local Switching

When managing a large-scale fleet of heterogeneous endpoints within the campus—especially during mass reimaging, rapid environment updates, or temporary deployments—administrators only need to install a single client. This unified client supports all three desktop architectures (VDI, IDV, VOI) and seamlessly integrates with TCI boot technology, eliminating the need for multiple clients and allowing fast switching between cloud and local environments.

  • Unified Desktop Deployment via Integrated Templates

Administrators can create and deploy VDI, VOI, and IDV desktops at scale using a single unified template. This streamlines mass deployment for hundreds of scenarios and thousands of desktops, significantly improving operational efficiency—up to 90% faster compared to traditional methods.

  • One-Click Exam Environment Delivery and Recovery

For internal campus exams or external examination events, administrators can rapidly deliver secure exam desktops via the integrated cloud platform. The system supports batch generation of IP addresses, usernames, and computer names, with flexible configuration of restore modes. After the exam, desktops can be instantly recovered and hidden with a single click, without impacting regular teaching or lab activities.

  • Standardized VM Delivery for Hands-on Training

The cloud desktop platform supports the delivery of bare virtual machine environments—including Windows 7, Windows 10, Linux, and domestic OS distributions. Students can manually install operating systems within these VMs for installation training courses, without interfering with other departments’ teaching operations.

  • Tiered Template Permissions with Teacher-Controlled Software Installation

Once a teaching task is assigned, administrators can share a system template link with the instructor. Teachers can access the link via a browser to independently install subject-specific software, drivers, scripts, and teaching tools—enabling greater flexibility and autonomy.

  • Centralized Software Registration and Efficient Activation

Leveraging hardware virtualization, applications only need to be registered once within the system template. Upon mass desktop deployment, no further registration is needed on individual machines. This enhances efficiency by up to 90% during software activation.

  • Comprehensive Monitoring of Student Desktop Behavior

The platform supports a full suite of behavioral control policies, including website whitelists/blacklists, traffic shaping, and USB device access restrictions. These settings help maintain a clean, safe, and compliant computing environment—configured once and effective long-term.

Solution Value

  • Enhances multi-scenario IT service capabilities and addresses comprehensive desktop needs across the entire university campus

A unified cloud platform that fully supports a wide range of application scenarios, including teaching, hands-on training, testing, office work, standardized exams, ATA exams, medical and judicial exams, competitions, and grading.

  • Simplifies IT O&M efficiency by up to 90%

One cloud enables unified campus-wide infrastructure, with a single web-based management platform to remotely manage thousands of terminals and centrally deploy, upgrade, and maintain tens of thousands of desktops.

  • Enhances the utilization of teaching resources and meets future development needs

The cloud resource service model ensures high resource utilization and scalability—supporting over 10,000 terminals and 100,000 desktops, fully meeting development needs for the next 5 to 10 years.

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Deputy Minister of Education of Ghana Inspects OS-EASY, Reviews UNESCO Ghana Education Project

On November 8, His Excellency Prof. Kingsley Nyarko, Deputy Minister of Education of Ghana, visited the Wuhan headquarters of OS-EASY Computing Co., Ltd. He was warmly received by Xing Taiquan, Director of International Marketing at OS-EASY.

Director Xing Taiquan first expressed gratitude and honor for the visit of Prof. Kingsley Nyarko and provided a detailed introduction to the transformative impact of cloud computing technology on the IT industry, as well as OS-EASY’s extensive involvement in the digital development of education in China and internationally. As a city with 1.3 million university students, Wuhan has seen its educational development contribute significantly to the growth of the city’s new economy.

Xing Taiquan introduces the transformation brought by cloud computing (Image)

Deputy Minister Prof. Kingsley Nyarko praised OS-EASY’s contributions to the computer industry, stating: “China’s educational development has not only cultivated a large number of high-caliber researchers but has also demonstrated the tremendous progress achieved through over 40 years of reform and opening-up, facilitating China’s transition from a traditional economy to a new economy. It is truly gratifying to see OS-EASY keeping pace with the times, achieving the top position in China’s higher education market while also supporting the informatization of education in international markets.”

Xing Taiquan presents OhwYaa’s online teaching experiments (Image)

Subsequently, Prof. Kingsley Nyarko and his delegation reviewed the UNESCO Ghana Smart Classroom Project, expressing gratitude to UNESCO and the Chinese Ministry of Education. This project, highly prioritized during the Ghanaian Minister of Education’s visit to UNESCO headquarters in Paris, provides strong support for advancing Ghana’s educational reforms and fostering collaboration within the China-Africa University Alliance.

Prof. Kingsley Nyarko inspects the Smart Classroom Project (Image)

Africa shares a similar historical starting point with China and urgently needs to establish its own educational and economic systems while expanding new economic industries. China’s educational development experience offers valuable lessons for Africa.

Coinciding with efforts by the Hubei Provincial Government and the Department of Science and Technology to strengthen China-Africa innovation and entrepreneurship, a series of youth awards and technology transfer collaborations have emerged. African universities will actively participate in enhancing independent innovation capabilities and promoting knowledge-based economic transformation. The Ghanaian Ministry of Education will further engage in international cooperation with UNESCO and the Chinese Ministry of Education to advance the China-Africa University Alliance and learn from China’s experience.

Group photo commemorating the meeting (Image)

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Five Major Outcomes Released Globally! OS-EASY Showcases at the 2024 Global Forum on Digital Transformation of Vocational Education (Shenzhen)

On October 22–23, the 2024 Global Forum on Digital Transformation of Vocational Education (Shenzhen) was successfully held at Shenzhen Polytechnic University (hereinafter referred to as “Shenzhen PolyU”). The forum was co-hosted by the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia, and Shenzhen PolyU. Nearly 130 representatives from government departments, educational institutions, industries, enterprises, and international organizations across 35 countries attended the forum. Focusing on “Vocational Education Transformation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” participants explored pathways for integrating digital governance in global vocational education with AI technologies, shared best practices in digital capacity building, curriculum reform, and technology-driven school-enterprise collaboration, and collectively advanced the development of a more resilient and dynamic global vocational education system.

As a strategic partner of UNESCO, OS-EASY participated in the forum. Xing Taiquan, Director of International Markets at OS-EASY, delivered a keynote speech, sharing insights on vocational education innovation in digital scenarios, including smart classroom resource libraries, new models for online and offline experimental teaching, and successful overseas case studies.

Conference Venue (Image)

Xing Taiquan, Director of International Markets at OS-EASY, Delivers a Presentation (Image)

During the forum, five major outcomes of the UNESCO Chair in Digital Transformation of Technical and Vocational Education (hereinafter referred to as the “Chair”) since its establishment in 2022 were released. These include a global research report on digital transformation in vocational education, teaching standards for 28 specialized fields, curriculum standards for 50 digital technology-related programs, 100 outstanding case studies, and 16 online courses on digital technologies. Yang Xinbin, Chairholder and Party Secretary of Shenzhen PolyU, stated that the Chair would continue to deepen research, promote global digital transformation in vocational education, and enhance youth employability and digital skills.

Five Major Outcomes Released (Image)

Yang Xinbin Announces Chair Outcomes (Image)

The forum was co-hosted by UNESCO-UNEVOC, the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia, and Shenzhen PolyU. Nearly 130 representatives from government departments, educational institutions, industries, enterprises, and international organizations across 35 countries attended the forum. Discussions centered on “Vocational Education Transformation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” exploring pathways for integrating digital governance in global vocational education with AI technologies, sharing best practices in digital capacity building, curriculum reform, and technology-driven school-enterprise collaboration, and collectively advancing the development of a more resilient and dynamic global vocational education system.

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Chair Outcomes Released: Leading Global Digital Transformation in Vocational Education

At the opening ceremony, Zhong Jiajun, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, emphasized Shenzhen’s commitment to international cooperation platforms. He noted that the forum provided a crucial opportunity for the global vocational education community to address challenges in the AI era.

Zhong Jiajun Delivers a Speech (Image)

Cai Maozhou, Chief Inspector of the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau, highlighted Shenzhen’s role as a hub for technological innovation. He reiterated the city’s dedication to integrating vocational education with the digital economy to foster innovation and nurture digital talent.

Cai Maozhou Delivers a Speech (Image)

Shahbaz Khan, Director of the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia, praised the contributions of the UNESCO Chair at Shenzhen PolyU in advancing digital transformation. He affirmed UNESCO’s continued support for international cooperation to tackle global vocational education challenges.

Shahbaz Khan Delivers a Speech (Image)

Li Shengyang, Vice President of Huawei’s Public Sector Business Group, expressed Huawei’s willingness to collaborate with universities and vocational institutions in digital education, leveraging its advanced technologies and solutions to support the digital transformation of vocational education.

Li Shengyang Delivers a Speech (Image)

Xu Jianling, Deputy Party Secretary and President of Shenzhen PolyU, reviewed the university’s achievements in international cooperation. He pledged ongoing support for the UNESCO Chair’s initiatives and expressed readiness to deepen collaboration with UNESCO and global partners to drive digital transformation in vocational education worldwide.

Xu Jianling Delivers a Speech (Image)

 

Keynote Reports and Thematic Discussions: Exploring AI-Driven Pathways for Global Digital Transformation in Vocational Education

During the keynote session, Yang Xinbin, Chairholder and Party Secretary of Shenzhen PolyU, presented on “Digital Transformation of Vocational Education from the Perspective of New Quality Productivity.” He elaborated on the context of vocational education reform in the digital intelligence era, transformation pathways driven by new quality productivity, and Shenzhen PolyU’s digital transformation solutions, offering valuable theories and case studies for global vocational education.

Professor Zhu Zhiting from East China Normal University explored the essence, logic, and opportunities of digital transformation in education, providing methodological insights and strategies for global vocational education systems.

Zhu Zhiting Delivers a Keynote Report (Image)

The forum also featured three thematic sessions covering digital governance, institutional capacity building, and industry-education integration, offering multifaceted support and practical pathways for comprehensive vocational education transformation in the digital age.

Opening Ceremony Hosted by Li Yue (Image)

Building International Platforms to Promote AI-Empowered Global Digital Transformation in Vocational Education

International Experts Engage in a Roundtable Discussion (Image)

As the flagship annual event of the UNESCO Chair, the Global Forum on Digital Transformation of Vocational Education has successfully convened twice since its inception in 2022, attracting widespread global attention. Moving forward, the Chair will continue to foster cross-regional, national, and institutional collaboration through a series of activities, promoting China’s advanced theories and practices in vocational education digitalization.

The forum also included visits to Huawei and Shenzhen PolyU for on-site exchanges, broadening participants’ international perspectives. The forum’s proceedings and outcomes will be disseminated via the Chair’s official website and the UNESCO-UNEVOC network, reaching over 140 countries and further amplifying the Chair’s global impact.

Attentive Audience at the Forum (Image)

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Leading the Digital Transformation of International Higher Education, OS-EASY Wins UNESCO’s “Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education”

Recently, the 2023 International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) Global Partner Summit was held at the Southern University of Science and Technology. The conference, themed “Higher Education Transformation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” invited global education leaders, policymakers, experts, scholars, enterprises, and other stakeholders in higher education to share and discuss topics such as new opportunities brought by AI to higher education, how AI drives institutional management, expands channels for teacher professional development, and effective governance. Approximately 90 overseas guests from 28 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Arab region, and Europe, along with over 100 Chinese guests, attended the event. As a strategic partner of UNESCO and an IIOE corporate partner, OS-EASY was invited to participate and received the “Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education” from the UNESCO International Centre for Higher Education Innovation (UNESCO-ICHEI).

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Roundtable Forum: Sharing China’s Digital Higher Education Expertise  

OS-EASY Participates in the Roundtable on Micro-Credentials for Enhancing Faculty Professional Development  

 

During the roundtable discussion on “Micro-Credentials for Enhancing Faculty Professional Development,” OS-EASY’s International Marketing Director Xing Taiquan engaged with distinguished guests, including Associate Professor Husaina Banu Kenayathulla, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Malaya (Malaysia); Chitra Bahadur Budhatoki, Dean of Tribhuvan University (Nepal); and Professor Noureddine Bali, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB, Algeria). They explored the importance and methods of faculty professional development, the value of micro-credential programs for educators, the applications and challenges of AI in higher education, and the continuity and significance of blended learning.

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Xing Taiquan, International Marketing Director of OS-EASY, emphasized that university-industry collaboration is a strong guarantee for technological development to empower higher education. The IIOE collaborative project “Smart Classroom” has gained widespread recognition for its extensive international influence, outstanding social value, and diverse presentation formats, earning it a spot in the 2023 “Exemplary Cases for Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace.” As a strategic partner of UNESCO, OS-EASY has joined hands with UNESCO-ICHEI to co-build a community with a shared future in cyberspace, jointly implementing smart classrooms to unlock infinite possibilities for the future of education. The Smart Classroom project adopts a “One Country, One University, One Classroom” model, selecting a top university in each participating developing country to establish a demonstrative project. Leveraging technologies such as smart displays, recording systems, virtual reality, and teaching robots, the project facilitates diverse and innovative teaching activities, promoting the co-creation and sharing of digital educational resources.

Pakistan’s First Smart Classroom at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (Image)

 

Committed to Becoming a Global Leader in the Desktop Domain  

OS-EASY Wins the Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education  

 

At the summit, OS-EASY not only shared Chinese insights during the roundtable forum but also stood out among hundreds of digital education innovation cases with its “Sun Yat-sen University Digital Twin Hybrid Experimental Teaching Space Project,” winning the Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education.

OS-EASY Receives the “Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education” (Image)

 

The “Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education” (hereinafter referred to as the Pioneer Award) was established by UNESCO-ICHEI to encourage and recognize IIOE global partner institutions for their active exploration, innovation, and practice in the digitalization of higher education. This year’s theme, “Blended Teaching Reform and Innovation in Higher Education,” covered classroom teaching innovation, digital resource development, digital student support, and institutional digital governance and services. The Pioneer Award focuses on discovering localized practical solutions, aiming to harness the global influence of the IIOE partner alliance to lead and promote the digital transformation of higher education in developing countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

 

In recent years, with the rapid development and widespread application of digital technologies, smart campuses have become a prevailing trend for the future of education. As a comprehensive national key university, Sun Yat-sen University partnered with OS-EASY in early 2023 to co-create the “Sun Yat-sen University Digital Twin Hybrid Experimental Teaching Space Project.” Using OhYi’s TSpace for twin labs, the project established a 100-point integrated online-offline experimental environment, achieving deep integration of computer-based experimental teaching with digital twin and cloud desktop technologies. This provides teachers and students with an efficient, innovative, and intelligent digital teaching environment and platform, reshaping student training models and enriching talent cultivation approaches in higher education to establish a cutting-edge teaching mechanism in China. This award not only recognizes OS-EASY’s efforts in subverting and innovating traditional teaching models but also highlights its outstanding contributions to the deep practice and exploration of “smart campus” and “digital teaching” concepts.

 

Full Range of Smart Education Products Leading Desktop Cloud Development  

OhYi Education Showcases Integrated Desktop Cloud, TSpace for Twin Labs, Cloud Terminals, and More

 

At the summit, OS-EASY engaged in in-depth discussions with education ministry leaders from Ghana and other countries on the development of digital education. Drawing from China’s experience in digital education—such as personalized learning, lifelong learning, expanding access to high-quality educational resources, and modernizing education—OS-EASY shared its cutting-edge products and solutions, including integrated desktop cloud, TSpace for twin labs, and cloud terminals. As a trusted desktop cloud technology and solution provider, OS-EASY will continue leveraging next-gen technologies like cloud computing, IoT, big data, and digital twins to empower global education digital transformation and build a new ecosystem for future education.

OS-EASY’s International Marketing Director Xing Taiquan with the Director of Higher Education at Ghana’s Ministry of Education and Deputy Director-General of the Presidential Office (Image)

OS-EASY’s International Marketing Director Xing Taiquan with Presidents of Multiple Ethiopian Universities (Image)

Delegates Visiting OS-EASY’s Exhibition Booth (Image)

Exchange and Group Photos with OS-EASY Staff and International Leaders (Image)

 

This summit showcased China’s exceptional capabilities in education digital transformation to the world and served as a vital platform for OS-EASY to expand its overseas market presence and disseminate Chinese smart education expertise globally. Through deep exchanges with international experts and leaders, OS-EASY broadened its global perspective, strengthened partnerships, and contributed more Chinese wisdom to global education digitalization. Meanwhile, as a trusted desktop cloud technology and solution provider, OS-EASY remains committed to becoming a global leader in desktop services, enabling everyone to “own a computer in the cloud” and co-create a digital workspace for learning and collaboration. Currently, OS-EASY’s products have reached over 10 overseas countries and regions, with its integrated education desktop cloud solutions successfully implemented in markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Portugal, the UAE, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and Denmark, delivering significant benefits.

 

Moving forward, OS-EASY will continue to align with China’s “Belt and Road” initiative, strengthen close cooperation with UNESCO, promote international education digital transformation and experience-sharing, and support higher education in achieving digital, intelligent, and personalized teaching. By providing high-quality services and support, OS-EASY will actively contribute to the progress and development of global education.

“Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation” in 2025

This public account excerpts the project solicitation content for African countries in the guide for reference by interested readers.

Key project of “intergovernmental international scientific and technological innovation cooperation”
2025 Second Batch Project Application Guide
(Draft for comments)

The world today is undergoing a major change unseen in a century, with a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation accelerating around the world. Countries around the world must not only share the opportunities of the in-depth development of scientific and technological globalization, but also work together to cope with the challenges of a series of global issues such as global change, food security, energy and resource shortages, population health, and environmental pollution. The Chinese government, adhering to the concept of mutual benefit and win-win, has carried out scientific and technological innovation cooperation with relevant countries, regions, international organizations and multilateral mechanisms by supporting intergovernmental scientific and technological cooperation projects, carrying out joint funding and joint research and development, promoting exchanges and cooperative demonstrations of scientific and technological personnel, encouraging participation in international large-scale scientific projects (plans), and encouraging the open sharing of large-scale scientific research infrastructure, so as to jointly solve global problems, promote economic and social development, and make due contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

In accordance with the requirements of the bilateral (multilateral) intergovernmental scientific and technological cooperation agreements (protocols) between China and foreign countries and the implementation of diplomatic commitments made by heads of state, the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with relevant departments, has followed the project formation mechanism of the National Key R&D Program and compiled the second batch of project application guidelines for 2025 for the key special project “Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation” of the National Key R&D Program.

I. Overall Objectives

In 2025, this special project will continue to support various international science and technology innovation cooperation and exchange projects carried out under the framework of relevant intergovernmental agreements signed between my country and relevant countries, regions, international organizations and multilateral mechanisms. The project tasks involve scientific, technological and engineering issues of common concern at the level of intergovernmental science and technology cooperation, as well as issues related to coping with major global challenges through science and technology innovation cooperation. In response to major issues and common challenges of intergovernmental concern, we will actively strengthen science and technology innovation cooperation with major developed and developing countries, and strive to jointly promote the resolution of relevant issues. Guided by exchanges and cooperation in the field of science and technology innovation, we will promote capacity building around interconnection and other livelihood science and technology fields, and promote coordinated development with neighboring countries and other developing countries. We will actively participate in intergovernmental international science and technology organizations and promote multilateral scientific research and technological cooperation in the field of innovation. We will promote my country’s participation in international major scientific projects (plans) and accelerate the opening and sharing of large-scale research infrastructure at home and abroad. In view of the needs of national diplomatic work and the positioning of this special project, the 2025 annual guidelines of this special project will support the bilateral and multilateral intergovernmental science and technology cooperation agreements signed in 2025 and the major diplomatic commitments recently made by the country.

2. Fields and Directions

After consultation and agreement with relevant partners, the second batch of projects in 2025 will set up 19 guidance directions to support scientific and technological cooperation with 15 countries, regions, international organizations and multilateral cooperation mechanisms. It is planned to support about 176 projects with a total budget of RMB 348.9 million. The implementation cycle of each project is generally 2 to 3 years. The project does not have any topics (except for guidance direction 2.9).

For projects that require both parties to apply at the same time, the English name of the project, field direction, cooperating unit, project leader, project implementation period and other information in the application forms of both parties should be consistent.

Projects should be goal-oriented and problem-oriented, and produce high-quality results through international cooperation. In addition to completing the research content and assessment indicators specified in the guidelines, international cooperation projects should also pay special attention to the effectiveness of international cooperation, which should be reflected in indicators such as co-authored papers, joint applications for international patents or standards, international conferences, talent training and exchanges, and cooperation platform construction. We should focus on and summarize the key role played by international cooperation in the successful implementation of the project.

The specific guidelines and requirements are as follows.

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1.2 Joint research project between the governments of China and Egypt

Cooperation agreement: “Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt on the Joint Funding Program 2025”.

Fields: Water; Food and Agriculture; Health; Information and Communication Technology; Advanced Manufacturing.

Number of projects to be supported: 15 .

Total support funds: RMB 30 million. Other requirements:

(1) The project implementation period is 2 years.

(2) During the project implementation period, the Chinese and Egyptian cooperation teams must each send at least 2 people to visit the other party’s unit for an exchange visit of more than 3 months.

(3) Both parties to the project cooperation must submit application materials to the project solicitation departments of their respective countries. Applications submitted by one party alone will be invalid.

1.3 China-Egypt Intergovernmental Joint Research Flagship Project

Cooperation Agreement : ” Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Egypt on the Joint Funding Program 2025″.

Field direction: renewable energy; artificial intelligence.

Number of projects to be supported: 5.

Total planned funding: RMB 12.5 million.

Other requirements:

(1) The project implementation period is 2 years.

(2) Both the Chinese and Egyptian cooperation teams must have corporate participation. Chinese companies should provide matching funds at least equal to the government funding they receive.

(3) During the project implementation period, the Chinese and Egyptian cooperation teams must each send at least 3 people to visit the other party’s units for exchanges for more than 3 months.

(4) Both parties to the project cooperation must submit application materials to the project solicitation department of their respective countries. Application materials submitted by one party alone will be invalid.

1.4 China-Egypt Intergovernmental Joint Laboratory Project

Cooperation agreement: “Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Arab Republic of Egypt”, “Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China and the Science and Technology Innovation Fund of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Arab Republic of Egypt on Launching the 2024 Joint Research Program”, “Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Arab Republic of Egypt on Strengthening Cooperation in Scientific and Technological Innovation”.

Field direction: Sustainable development technology; science and technology poverty alleviation; artificial intelligence; advanced robots.

Number of projects to be supported: 3.

Total planned support funds: RMB 9 million. Other requirements:

(1) Encourage joint application of industry, academia and research;

(2) The project implementation period is generally 3 years;

(3) The cooperating country should be Egypt. The project application name format is “China-Egypt + research field + joint laboratory”.

(4) The applicant should provide: a formal accreditation document issued by the national government department of the partner country to support the cooperation of the joint laboratory (submitted together with the application materials, document template download link: xxx, which must include the names of the two partner institutions, the joint laboratory, the support measures provided by the national government department of the partner country for the joint laboratory cooperation and contact information), and must inform the national government department of the partner country that this accreditation document is only a project application material, and whether the project can be finally approved must be determined after review; documents issued by the foreign partner unit on its own do not meet the above requirements.

(5) During the project implementation period, the project undertaking unit must accept no less than 5 personnel from the partner country to come to China to jointly carry out scientific research work on the project (each person must work in China for no less than 3 months continuously); and organize more than 2 high-level international academic exchange activities with more than 50 people .

(6) When applying, the China-Arab Joint Laboratory Construction Plan (download link: xxx) should be filled in and submitted, and the cooperation agreement on the joint construction of the joint laboratory signed by the supporting units of the two laboratories should be provided. The parties to the cooperation have clear agreements or intended agreements on the ownership of future intellectual property rights and the ownership of the proceeds from the transformation of achievements, and the agreements comply with the relevant provisions of China’s laws and regulations on the ownership of intellectual property rights and the proceeds from the transformation of achievements (an intellectual property agreement or letter of intent, memorandum, letter of certification or clear intellectual property-related provisions in the Sino-foreign cooperation agreement must be attached).

(7) The foreign partner should be a scientific research institute, university or enterprise registered outside China for more than three years, with independent legal person status, standardized operation and management, an institution with relevant advantageous resources in this field, strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities and conditions, and a long-term and stable cooperation foundation with the Chinese project applicant.

(8) The Belt and Road Joint Laboratory projects that have been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology for construction, and the China-Africa Joint Laboratory and China-Arab Joint Laboratory projects that have been approved for construction but not yet completed will not be supported again in this project.

1.5 Diplomatic commitment of China-Arab joint laboratory projects :

Implement President Xi Jinping’s important initiative to “jointly build a number of joint laboratories or R&D cooperation centers with Arab countries in the fields of life and health, artificial intelligence, green and low-carbon, information and communication, and space information”.

Fields: life and health; artificial intelligence; green and low-carbon; information and communication; space information.

Number of projects to be supported: no more than 5 (in principle, no more than 1 per partner country ). Total planned funding: RMB 10 million.

Other requirements:

(1) Encourage joint application by industry, academia, and research institutes;

(2) The project implementation cycle is generally 3 years ;

(3) The partner country should be an Arab country (including Algeria , the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Egypt , Palestine, Bahrain, Djibouti, Qatar , Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya , Mauritania, Morocco , Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Tunisia , Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, and Comoros ). The project application name format is “China + the abbreviation of the partner country + research field + joint laboratory”.

(4) The applicant should provide: a formal accreditation document issued by the national government department of the partner country to support the cooperation of the joint laboratory (submitted together with the application materials, document template download link: xxx, which must include the names of the two partner institutions, the joint laboratory, the support measures provided by the national government department of the partner country for the joint laboratory cooperation and contact information), and must inform the national government department of the partner country that this accreditation document is only a project application material, and whether the project can be finally approved must be determined after review; documents issued by the foreign partner unit on its own do not meet the above requirements.

(5) During the project implementation period, the project undertaking unit must accept no less than 5 personnel from the partner country to come to China to jointly carry out scientific research work on the project (each person must work in China for no less than 3 months continuously); and organize more than 2 high-level international academic exchange activities with more than 50 people .

(6) When applying, the China-Arab Joint Laboratory Construction Plan (download link: xxx) should be filled in and submitted, and the cooperation agreement on the joint construction of the joint laboratory signed by the supporting units of the two laboratories should be provided. The parties to the cooperation have clear agreements or intended agreements on the ownership of future intellectual property rights and the ownership of the proceeds from the transformation of achievements, and the agreements comply with the relevant provisions of my country’s laws and regulations on the ownership of intellectual property rights and the proceeds from the transformation of achievements (an intellectual property agreement or letter of intent, memorandum, letter of certification or clear intellectual property-related provisions in the Sino-foreign cooperation agreement must be attached).

(7) The foreign partner should be a scientific research institute, university or enterprise registered outside China for more than three years, with independent legal person status, standardized operation and management, an institution with relevant advantageous resources in this field, strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities and conditions, and a long-term and stable cooperation foundation with the Chinese project applicant.

(8) The Belt and Road Joint Laboratory projects that have been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology for construction, and the China-Africa Joint Laboratory and China-Arab Joint Laboratory projects that have been approved for construction but not yet completed will not be supported again in this project.

1.6 Joint Laboratory Project between China and African Countries

Diplomatic commitment: Implement the important initiative of President Xi Jinping at the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation on building a China-Africa Joint Laboratory.

Field direction: No limit on fields.

Number of projects to be supported: No more than 10 (in principle, no more than 1 per country).

Total planned funding: RMB 20 million.

Other requirements:

(1) Encourage joint application by industry, academia and research.

(2) The project implementation cycle is generally 3 years.

(3) The partner country should be an African country (Arab countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Djibouti, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Somalia, Tunisia, Comoros, etc. can also apply for the China-Arab Joint Laboratory, but can only apply through one channel). The project application name format is “China + the abbreviation of the partner country + research field + joint laboratory”.

(4) The applicant should provide: a formal accreditation document issued by the national government department of the partner country to support the cooperation of the joint laboratory (submitted together with the application materials, the document template download link: xxx, which must include the names of the two partner institutions, the joint laboratory, the support measures provided by the national government department of the partner country for the joint laboratory cooperation and contact information), and must inform the national government department of the partner country that this accreditation document is only a project application material, and whether the project can be finally approved must be determined after review. Documents issued by the foreign partner unit itself do not meet the above requirements.

(5) During the project implementation period, the project undertaking unit must accept no less than 5 personnel from the partner country to come to China to jointly carry out scientific research work on the project (each person must work in China for no less than 3 months continuously); and organize more than 2 high-level international academic exchange activities with more than 50 people .

(6) When applying, the China-Africa Joint Laboratory Construction Plan (download link: xxx) should be filled in and submitted, and the cooperation agreement on the joint construction of the joint laboratory signed by the supporting units of the two laboratories should be provided. The parties to the cooperation have clear agreements or intended agreements on the ownership of future intellectual property rights and the ownership of the proceeds from the transformation of achievements, and the agreements comply with the relevant provisions of China’s laws and regulations on the ownership of intellectual property rights and the proceeds from the transformation of achievements (an intellectual property agreement or letter of intent, memorandum, letter of certification or clear intellectual property-related provisions in the Sino-foreign cooperation agreement must be attached).

(7) The foreign partner should be a scientific research institute, university or enterprise registered outside China for more than three years, with independent legal person status, standardized operation and management, an institution with relevant advantageous resources in this field, strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities and conditions, and a long-term and stable cooperation foundation with the Chinese project applicant.

(8) The Belt and Road Joint Laboratory that has been approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology for construction, and the China-Africa Joint Laboratory and China-Arab Joint Laboratory that have been approved for construction but not yet completed will not be supported again in this project.

1.7 China-South Africa Intergovernmental Joint Research Project Cooperation Agreement:

China-South Africa Intergovernmental Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement.

Fields: Information and Communication Technology; Life Sciences; Mining and Metallurgy; Agricultural Technology; Energy Technology.

Number of Projects to be Supported: No more than 30.

Total Funding to be Supported: RMB 60 million.

Other requirements:

The project implementation period shall not exceed 2 years in principle; both parties to the project cooperation must submit application materials to the project solicitation department of their respective countries, and projects submitted by one party alone will be invalid.

1.8 China-South Africa Joint Research Flagship Project

Cooperation agreement: China-South Africa Intergovernmental Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement.

Field direction: Space technology and astronomy; Marine technology.

Number of projects to be supported: No more than 2.

Total planned support funds: RMB 6 million.

Other requirements: The project implementation period shall not exceed 2 years in principle; both parties to the project cooperation shall submit application materials to the project solicitation department of their respective countries, and unilateral application of the project shall be invalid.

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OS-easy collaborates with Chinese and foreign universities to establish school-enterprise cooperation

On the morning of March 27th, representatives from Adigrat University in Ethiopia and OS-easy Group Holding Ltd. visited Hubei University of Technology with the aim of deepening education cooperation and promoting exchanges between China and Africa. Chen Zicai, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the university, attended the symposium and delivered a speech. He first warmly welcomed the delegation and expressed his expectations for the prospects of higher education cooperation between the two sides. He pointed out that China Africa cooperation has always been an important strategic direction for our university’s international exchange and cooperation. We are willing to fully leverage our unique advantages in China-Africa industrial innovation and technology transfer cooperation, establish long-term mechanisms with Ethiopian universities in talent cultivation, scientific research cooperation, and other fields, and jointly contribute to the economic and social development of the two countries.

Zaid Negash Zed, President of Adigrat University in Ethiopia, expressed gratitude for the warm reception of Hubei University of Technology and introduced the school’s advantages in fields such as information technology and engineering education. He emphasized that China’s experience in the development of higher education is worth to learn, hopes to use this visit as an opportunity to promote practical cooperation between the two universities in teacher-student exchanges, scientific research cooperation, talent cultivation, and other aspects.

Long Yan, Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Department, introduced the overview of China-Africa cooperation in the school and put forward specific suggestions for future cooperation directions and models.

Xing Taiquan, Director of the International Department OS-easy Group Holding Ltd., introduced the company’s basic situation and demonstrated the application cases of cloud computing platforms in African education scenarios. At the meeting, both parties signed a memorandum of cooperation between schools. According to the memorandum, both parties will deepen cooperation in areas such as joint talent cultivation, scientific research cooperation, and information technology construction.

After the meeting, the delegation also visited the campus grid type photovoltaic engineering training base and highly appreciated the progress made by our school in solar energy application and smart agriculture.

OS-easy Smart Classroom declared as strategy project of UNESCO in Digital Learning Week of UNESCO Paris

Mr.Chen Jie, Vice Minister of Education of China, Chairperson of the Chinese National Commission to UNESCO

Recently, The first UNESCO “Digital Learning Week” was successfully held at its headquarters in Paris. With the vision of “Leveraging technology for education,” This Digital Learning Week focused on the impact of digital learning platforms and generative artificial intelligence on education. It aimed to promote digital innovation in higher education in the digital age, facilitate cross-sector collaboration, and build a more inclusive and sustainable education system. This Digital Learning Week featured two plenary sessions and more than 30 breakout sessions, attracting educators, administrators, decision-makers, and stakeholders from over 100 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and more. OS-EASY Group Holding Ltd. from Wuhan, China, as a partner of UNESCO, was invited to participate in this series of Digital Learning Week events, where they listened to international perspectives and shared Chinese experiences.

“Digital Learning Week” Opening Ceremony

Ms. Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO, delivered the opening speech and expressed that the international community’s concern about the application of generative artificial intelligence in education is growing day by day. China is the only country that has issued normative framework documents on this matter. UNESCO places great importance on the intersection of “Artificial Intelligence and Education.” Regardless of the stage of technological development, we must ensure that education remains a fundamental human right and advocate for teachers and learners to have access to data and cultivate information literacy. This will enable them to fully address future opportunities and challenges, fostering the exchange and integration of diverse cultures and worldviews.

Ms. Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO delivering the opening speech

Mr. Chen Jie, Vice Minister of Education of China, Chairperson of the Chinese National Commission to UNESCO, also attended today’s opening ceremony. He responded in the panel discussion on “Digital Future and Platform Society: Implications for Education” that the Chinese government places upmost importance on digital education and has set clear goals, pathways, and corresponding strategies in this regard. He also emphasized the significance of China’s Smart Education Platforms in enhancing the capabilities of both teachers and students. Lastly, he acknowledged the importance of digital learning platforms and expressed China’s eagerness to further collaborate with UNESCO to jointly advance the future of digital education.

Mr.Chen Jie, Vice Minister of Education of China, Chairperson of the Chinese National Commission to UNESCO

Li Ping, director of the Technology and Resource Development Center of the Ministry of Education, attended the award ceremony

During Digital Learning Week, OS-EASY engaged in in-depth discussions with leaders at Ministry of Education from multiple countries, including China, Senegal, Ghana, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon about the development of digital education. Based on China’s experiences in digitizing education, on the ground in personalized learning, lifelong learning, expanding the coverage of quality education resources and modernizing education. OS-EASY shared its development results in Smart Campuses, Smart IoT Labs, and Hybrid online and offline remote teaching.

As a trusted provider of desktop cloud technology and solutions, OS-EASY is committed to leveraging new generation of information technology, such as cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and digital twins to empower the global digital transformation of education, establishing a new educational ecosystem for the future.

Photo of OS-EASY Vice President with leaders of UNESCO Center for Higher Education

Vice President of OS-EASY, Mr. Zhou Yi,in discussion with Minister Chen Jie.

As the Information Technology revolution continues to evolve and innovate, the digital transformation of higher education has become a consensus and a crucial goal for universities worldwide. To that end, OS-EASY engaged in in-depth communication with university president representatives from eight member countries of the UNESCO Higher Education Center, including Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uganda, and others.

In response to the issues of educational resource disparities and uneven educational development observed during the discussions, OS-EASY recommended various leading products and solutions, such as virtual classrooms and ICTE micro-lectures, Striving to promote the sharing of high-quality educational resources, advance the development of digital capabilities among teachers and students, and cultivate skilled talents, thereby illuminating the path to educational equity for students worldwide.

Photo of OS-EASY Vice President & National Secretary-General of UNESCO

OS-EASY Delegates taking a photo with Personnel of UNESCO-ICHEI’s Delegation

As an IIOE corporate partner, OS-EASY attended the IIOE side event during the Digital Learning Week hosted by the UNESCO Higher Education Centre. During the event, OS-EASY presented the fruitful results achieved since joining the Center , as a trusted provider of desktop and technology solutions, has been actively engaged in various areas such as smart classrooms, ICTE micro-certifications, and the sharing of course resources. effectively empowering teachers around the world to enhance their digital teaching capabilities and has contributed to the improvement of talent development in higher education institutions. In the future , OS-EASY will continue to support the UNESCO Higher Education Centre in advancing its work, promoting equitable education digitization across countries, and driving international development in digital education.

OS-EASY as an IIOE Corporate Partner to present at the conference

After the meeting, OS-EASY engaged in discussions with several prominent international AI companies and international philanthropic foundations to collaboratively address matters related to educational equity. Currently, OS-EASY overseas operations span across more than 10 countries and regions, with its desktop cloud products being utilized in various areas such as Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Africa, and more.

These products have aided numerous educational institutions in Malaysia ,facilitating learning and office work through desktop cloud technology. This has contributed to the dissemination and sharing of high-quality educational resources on a global scale.

In the future, OS-EASY will continue to work hand in hand with its ecosystem partners to promote comprehensive cloud-based computer education worldwide. This collaborative effort aims to drive innovation and transformation in educational digitization, break down educational barriers, and foster equal sharing of educational opportunities.

Os-easy Smart classroom winned excellent case with UNESCO

Recently, the Wuzhen Summit of the 2023 World Internet Conference was opened in Wuzhen Zhejiang Province, with the launch and presentation of the 2023 “High-quality case of Building a Community with a shared Future in Cyberspace”. The smart classroom project created by Os-easy in conjunction with the UNESCO Centre for innovation in higher Education (hereinafter referred to as the “Innovation Center”) stands out from more than 200 cases and is successfully selected as one of 13 high-quality case. Zhuang Rongwen, the director of the State Internet Information Office of China and president of the World Internet Congress, Francis Gao, vice president of the World Internet Congress, Wang Song, deputy director of the State Internet Information Office of China, Ren Xianliang, secretary-general of the World Internet Congress, and Ke Jixin, vice governor of Zhejiang Province, attended the event and presented commemorative trophies and certificates.

It is reported that, as an important activity of the Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Congress, the World Internet Conference has organized and launched a collection of practical cases of “working together to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace” every year since 2021, which has won the extensive participation of all parties. Since May this year, the World Internet Conference has collected more than 200 cases around the world. after the selection of experts, 13 high-quality cases with great international influence, outstanding social value and rich display forms have been selected and released on the spot. The selected cases cover five major areas: network infrastructure construction, online cultural exchanges, innovation and development of digital economy, network security, and international governance in cyberspace.

In 2023, “the excellent case of Building a Community with a shared Future in Cyberspace” was released and displayed

Tang Xiangzheng, the chief Technical Officer of the Smart classroom Project of the UNESCO Innovation Center, delivered a speech

Tang Xiangzheng, the chief technical officer of the smart classroom project of the UNESCO higher Education Innovation Center, said that since 2017, the Innovation Center has joined hands with four enterprises, namely Os-easy, Weidong, Chuangxian and Xiwo. In the form of enterprise donation facilities and professional support provided by the Southern University of Science and Technology, smart classroom projects have been launched one after another, and working together to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace, which has also realized the successful exploration of Chinese enterprises overseas. The Innovation Center has planned 40 smart classrooms in Asia and Africa, of which smart classrooms in 12 countries have been deployed and put into daily operation. “in the smart classrooms built one after another, the digital transformation has changed from theory to practice, integrating the innovative application of information technology, and providing a new teaching environment for colleges and universities.” Tang Xiangzheng said that the Innovation Center will continue to explore the application and continuous innovation of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and expanded reality in smart classrooms.

As a strategic partner of UNESCO, Os-easy has always maintained a long-term and close cooperative relationship with the Innovation Center, jointly building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, jointly building a smart classroom, and building unlimited possibilities for the future of education. The smart classroom project adopts the model of “one country, one school, one classroom”. A top university is selected to build a demonstration project in each developing country participating in the project. and rely on intelligent large screen, recording system, virtual reality, teaching robot and other technologies and equipment to carry out a variety of innovative teaching activities to promote the co-construction and sharing of digital education resources. As of June 2023, the Smart classroom project has been deployed and put into use in 18 countries, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Gambia, Djibouti, Shupu Village, Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Indonesia. It has carried out more than 3500 class hours of online and offline teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The course covers more than 10 languages and supports more than 50, 000 people.

The first intelligent classroom in Pakistan was used at Lahore University of Engineering and Technology

The smart classrooms have brought great changes to the educational environment of the University of Gambia

As the number one brand of education desktop cloud, Os-easy continues to explore the deep integration of the new generation of information technology and education and teaching, actively participate in the new infrastructure of “Belt and Road Initiative” education, building a new model of cloud teaching and education, and promote the digital construction of colleges and universities. Based on the landing experience of Chinese education digitization in personalized learning, lifelong learning, expanding the coverage of high-quality educational resources and educational modernization, Os-easy actively opens up the international market, and through the educational integration of desktop cloud, twin experimental space TSpace, ICTE micro certification and other products and solutions to push the international sharing of quality educational resources, promote the development of digital ability of teachers and students and the training of skilled talents. Make up for the educational gap caused by the tilt of educational resources and the development of different educational levels between regions, open the window of connectivity for students all over the world, and build a bridge of educational equity.

At present, Os-easy overseas business has covered more than 10 countries and regions, and desktop cloud products are used in Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Africa and other regions, and help teachers and students of many colleges and universities around the world to use desktop cloud for learning and office work, promote the circulation and sharing of high-quality resources around the world. In the future, Os-easy will continue to join hands with UNESCO to promote projects such as smart classrooms, through software and hardware public welfare support, technology and resource sharing, joint discussion and cooperation mechanisms, and joint exchange platforms, share quality education resources with more Asian and African developing countries and regions, and constantly building unlimited possibilities for the future of education.

OS-easy is awarded the First Pioneer Case by UNESCO

Education is a tree shaking another tree, a cloud promoting another cloud, a soul awaken another soul.

—— Karl Theodor Jaspers

The “Higher Education Digitalisation Pioneer Case Award” (hereinafter referred to as the Pioneer Award) organized by the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI), aims to encourage and recognize the active exploration, innovation, and practices of IIOE global partner institutions in the field of higher education digitalization. The theme of this edition of the Pioneer Award is “Reform and Innovation of Blended Learning in Higher Education,” covering topics such as innovative classroom teaching, digital resource development, digital student support, and institutional digital governance and services. The Pioneer Award emphasizes the discovery of localized practical solutions, aiming to gather the global influence of the IIOE partner alliance and lead the digital transformation of higher education institutions in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

As the evaluation of this edition of the Pioneer Award concludes, we are delighted to announce that a total of 22 outstanding cases have emerged as winners from 131 submissions. Among them, there are 12 cases from overseas institutions, 4 cases from domestic institutions, and 6 cases from enterprises.

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Overseas Institutions
(12 cases)

Domestic Institutions
(4 cases)

Enterprises
(6 cases)

Photos of the wonderful performance

OS-easy attended 2023 Intel UCC & APJ Channel Workshop

Intel, as the pioneer and leader of transparent computing and edge computing technology, in order to promote the ecological application and leadership of Intel-related technologies, Intel specially invited OS-EASY to participate in the 2023 Intel Ultra Cloud Client and APJ Channel Business Conference. As the only one invited partner who is focused on solution product, OS-EASY cloud computing technology and Intel transparency and edge computing technology have wide development prospect in promoting the IoT and hybrid computing. The two parties will form in-depth cooperation in specialized markets such as smart city, smart education, and smart healthcare to jointly cope with the changes in the era of client computing revolution.

The 2023 Intel Ultra Cloud Terminal and APJ Channel Cooperation Conference was successfully held by Intel in Penang, Malaysia.OS-EASY shared a speech on “Hybrid and Edge Computing Shapes the Future of Enterprise” with industrial experts and partners, which has discussed the development trend of cloud desktop and client market, and shared the successful experience of OS-EASY multi-architecture fusion desktop cloud in education, healthcare, government and other industries.

Intel CTO welcome speech on strategic cooperation

APJ COE of Intel, Mitchell Chang, shared Intel occ strategy

OS-EASY Marketing Director, Xing Taiquan, speech for hybrid&edge computing

As the top brand of terminal management in Chinese higher education, with deep coverage of terminal market in 12 countries, and rich cooperation experience with PC manufacturers in various countries, OS-EASY will utilize the unique advantage to work with Intel then promote the widespread application of new hybrid computing technologies.

As the digital economy accelerates, cloud computing will accelerate the digital transformation of industries. OS-EASY Cloud terminal technology enables terminal computing to be used at any time and place. In the future, remote office and hybrid office models will play a leading role. OS-EASY T-Space solution, online and offline mixed teaching mode helps colleges and universities to create evening school, online school, continuing education-type lifelong education model, which has been unanimously recognized by the Intel team and Asia-Pacific channel partners.

OS-EASY will make progress with Intel together to create an education fusion desktop cloud and medical desktop cloud solution by utilizing the multi-architecture fusion desktop cloud (T-space/VOI/IDV/TCI) technology and the excellent performance of ultra cloud terminal. The cloud covers the desktop needs of all scenarios in the industry. The solution has such advantages of more secure terminal information management, more convenient terminal maintenance, higher utilization of terminal resource, less overall construction cost, and better business guarantee.

Photo with Partners from Asia-Pacific Countries

Until now, OS-EASY cloud terminal and multi-architecture fusion desktop cloud have been widely used in higher education, secondary vocational education, general education, medical care and other industries. At the same time, OS-EASY is committed to becoming a leader in the global desktop service field, helping customers create values. The business has covered more than 10 countries and regions, and the products are applied in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Africa and other overseas markets.

OS-EASY solution shown at Intel product showroom

OS-EASY Ultra Cloud Client

The conference demonstrated product solution such as OS-EASY Ultra Cloud Terminal and T-Space solutions. Overseas partners from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries experienced the leadership and convenience of cloud desktop. In the future, OS-EASY will continue to make breakthroughs in technological innovation, further develop overseas market, and promote desktop cloud technology to be used in more overseas countries and regions, so that everyone can have a computer that grows on the cloud.