Pingliang city, a city in China's Gansu province, opened multiple online learning platforms for students and live teaching channels for teachers under the current new virus situation in the country.

The Gansu Provincial Department of Education issued a notice on Jan 30 to adjust the start time of the spring semester of 2020 in the province's universities, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.

The beginning of the spring semester will be postponed until March 1, and the specific start time will be further notified.

In order to help students keep learning during the epidemic, Pingliang's city education information center, in cooperation with Alibaba, China Telecom Pingliang Branch, Seewo, AVA Electronics and other online education companies, opened multiple online learning platforms for students and live teaching channels for teachers, allowing them to study and teach online.

On Jan 30, the Municipal Education Bureau issued a Notice on the Organization of Online Teaching Activities During the Epidemic Prevention and Control, and the Municipal Institute of Education and Science issued a Notice on the Organization of High School Students' Online Learning at Home During the Epidemic Prevention and Control.

Each school is required to select different platform resources and live channels to organize teachers and students to conduct online teaching and winter vacation homework guidance according to the actual teaching.