Hujiang EdTech Invests In Mario College To Promote Mandarin Learning Across the Globe

SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hujiang EdTech ("Hujiang"), China's leading online education company, has forged a new partnership with Mario College ("Mario"), a Mandarin Chinese instruction institute in Shanghai, by making a strategic investment that is aimed at promoting Chinese values and culture through language education.

Hujiang's investment, totaling in the hundreds of millions of yuan, will be used by Mario to increase their teaching capacity and upgrade facilities. Mario College will set up instruction and research centers in European, American and Southeast Asian countries. It will work with local institutions to create teaching materials and instruction methods. All the courses and resources will be delivered via Hujiang's e-learning platform, HJCLASS (Hujiang Online Class, class.hujiang.com), and CCtalk, the company's interactive online teaching platform.

According to Arnold Fu, founder & CEO of Hujiang, "Our partnership with Mario further extends its curriculum and increases its appeal to a wider range of users. Hujiang also sees the ability of creating an educational system or model in Mario. After more than a decade in operation, Mario has developed its own methods of helping people learn Mandarin Chinese; they provide teaching methods and materials that are optimized for local cultures and needs. Its teaching system has been recognized by Pearson, the British multinational publishing and education company, which is a rare honor for institutions of its kind."

Zhihao Gan, CEO of Mario College, said that as the Chinese economy continues to grow, the importance of Mandarin Chinese is increasing and so is people's interest in learning it. "By partnering with Hujiang, Mario can make its courses more accessible through the online education giant's Internet expertise and resources. The partnership also widens our target audience from the age group of 25 to 45 to now include teenagers. More schools in countries that don't speak Chinese are adding Chinese to their foreign language curriculum, with some even making them mandatory."

"By integrating online and offline resources in talent, materials and teaching methods with Hujiang, we have improved our teaching system, which will serve more people across the globe," said Gan.

About Mario College

Based in Shanghai, Mario College offers Mandarin Chinese instruction that has been endorsed by the International Mandarin Chinese Promotion Institute (IMCPI). Since 2002, Mario College has been nurturing Mandarin Chinese education talent and providing language teaching service for renowned international corporations. Every year, an average of 2,000 students from different countries studying at Mario. Some 800 will be granted certification from IMCPI and 20% of them will receive job offers outside China.

About Hujiang EdTech

Founded in 2001, Hujiang EdTech started as an online BBS community offering online courses and has grown to become one of China's leading online education companies. Hujiang EdTech strives to make high-quality education more accessible and enjoyable through mobile learning applications, online courses, and its interactive online teaching platform. Serving over 160 million users (including 130 million mobile users) in China, Hujiang EdTech offers a wide range of online educational programs, including international & domestic examination preparation, foreign language learning, professional skills training, and more.

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