(Yicai Global) June 1 -- A subsidiary of Google has entered a two-year partnership with Fudan University, the leading university in China's eastern Shanghai municipality, with a focus on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Google China's Education Cooperation Division support Fudan's curriculum related to emerging science and technology, online news outlet The Paper reported, adding that the pair will jointly build a laboratory as well as an exchange center to boost interaction between students in China and the US.

Google's China-based education unit has been working with schools in the country since 2006, covering undergraduate, higher vocational education and secondary schools. The projects supported include joint scientific research, curriculum construction, teacher training and information technology education for middle school students.

AI is a key focus of Google's development in China. The firm opened its China AI Center in Beijing last December, led by Li Feifei, Google's chief scientist in cloud, AI and machine learning. Li said at that time that Google values the opportunity to work with top talents in China.

Editor: William Clegg