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Moji Weather Enters Strategic Partnership with Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology On May 10, 2019, Moji Weather, the world’s largest weather service platform, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as NUIS). The agreement focuses on research and development as well as the promotion of applications in areas such as smart meteorology, artificial intelligence, and the Internet. By leveraging their resources and strengths in terms of talent, technology, meteorological data, and platforms, the two parties will form a strategic partnership between a renowned university and a leading enterprise. Together, they will establish a smart meteorology research platform (hereinafter referred to as the research platform), aiming to stay at the international forefront in the fields of artificial intelligence and modern meteorological services, and to work together on innovation in meteorological technology and product development. Cheng Qian, Senior Vice President of InkWeather, Huang Xiaoyu, Vice President, Ding Lili, Meteorology Director, as well as university leaders including Guan Zhaoyong, Party Secretary of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Li Beiqun, President, Deng Zhiliang, Vice President, Hu Mingbao, Chief Accountant, and Zhang Yonghong, Vice President, attended the signing ceremony together. At the signing ceremony, Huang Xiaoyu, vice president of Moji Weather, stated that this collaboration between Moji Weather and NUIST represents a milestone in the cooperation between a renowned university in the field of meteorology and a leading enterprise in the industry. As the strategic projects between both parties are implemented, Moji Weather will continue to make efforts to promote the development of the meteorological industry and add greater value to meteorological services. Li Beiqun, president of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, said that Moji Weather is a well-known enterprise in the meteorology sector, holding a leading position in the weather industry. A strategic partnership with Moji Weather will enhance the university’s academic and research capabilities, strengthen its connections with the meteorology industry, provide clear directions for talent development and academic research, and further boost the university’s overall influence. By partnering with Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Moji Weather will once again leverage artificial intelligence to enhance its meteorological services and capabilities, while continuing to maintain a leading position in university-enterprise cooperation and the development of smart meteorology solutions. Nanchang Xinhua University is a university under the **\"Double First-Class\" initiative, and its atmospheric science program ranks first in the country. In terms of teaching and research resources, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology has established over 20 research platforms at the provincial or ministerial level or above, including the International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environmental Change, a **Technology Transfer Center, the Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disasters under the Ministry of Education, and the Key Open Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment of the China Meteorological Administration. It also features a Collaborative Innovation Center for Climate and Meteorological Disasters, as well as a Collaborative Innovation Center for Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology ； In terms of human resources, many alumni of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology have become key figures and research experts in the meteorology industry both in China and around the world, earning it the reputation of being a \"cradle for meteorology talents.\" Leveraging cutting-edge technology as well as extensive meteorological and user data, InkWeather offers precise weather services at the latitude and longitude level. To date, it has 550 million users, with over 100 million weather queries per day; it supports weather information inquiries for 196 countries and more than 700,000 cities and regions. In terms of weather services, Moji Weather offers accurate short-term forecasts as well as medium- and long-term weather predictions. Additionally, the scenario community created by Moji Weather boasts hundreds of millions of weather-related images, making it the largest real-time weather community in China at present. In 2016, Moji Weather innovatively introduced the concept of “Weather+”, leveraging big data on weather conditions and using weather information as a starting point to offer users more services tailored to various aspects of daily life and specific scenarios. Mojit Weather continuously and innovatively applies cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, deep machine learning*, and computer vision to the traditional meteorology field, thereby overcoming the technical limitations that have prevented progress in conventional weather forecasting. Taking AQI (Air Quality Index) forecasting as an example, cumulative monitoring data from April 1, 2017, to June 14, 2017, show that the average accuracy rate of Moji’s AQI forecasts was as high as 75.4%, which is significantly higher than the 60.3% figure seen in the industry. The weather data API is available; for more information on enterprise-level meteorological services, please visit the official website. Beijing Moji Fengyun Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2010. The “Moji Weather” platform it has developed and operates is a global weather service that allows users to obtain weather information for around 199 countries, as well as over 200,000 cities and regions. By 2019, Moji Weather had a total of around 650 million users, with over 100 million weather queries per day. In 2016, Moji Weather established the enterprise services team Moji Chibi. By thoroughly analyzing meteorological data, offering meteorological consultations, and providing meteorological services, we deliver meteorological data services, enterprise-level software products, and customized industry-specific meteorological solutions to corporate clients. At present, InkWeather’s enterprise-level solutions cover industries such as highways, logistics, last-mile delivery, agriculture, insurance, connected vehicles, aviation, and tourism.