Our Vision

GEC Academy aims to equip students from middle school through university with the skills and experiences they need to succeed in academia and beyond while building bridges between the classroom and the world outside so they can turn a curiosity into next the level education and career. We are committed to providing accessible academic opportunities to students who want to benefit from the world's most advanced and rigorous resources regardless of geographical constraints, and to making a difference in combating the unequal distribution of educational resources worldwide.

Our Team

Cong SHEN

Chief Executive Officer

M.Sc.C.E., Columbia University

Former software engineer of CISCO Systems;

Extensive experience in the management and implementation of international academic programs

Sheng YAN

Advisory Committee Chair

M.P.A., Columbia University

Extensive experience and understanding of international education innovation, exchange and collaboration;

Expertise on business and strategic advisory on international energy policy and management

Hui XU

Chief Scientific Officer

M.S., Harvard University

B.S., Tsinghua University

Good understanding of international education;

Rich work experiences in the fields of environmental protection and sustainable development

Xinya YANG

Chief Marketing Officer

Former Marketing Director of Le finance

Former Social Media Director of Caijing.com

Solid experience in online marketing, branding and PR

Xiaozhi WANG

Academic Director

MPA, Columbia University

LL.B, Yuanpei College, Peking University

Rich work experience with well-established NGOs and international institutions

Dr. Jiayi ZHU

Head Instructor

Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University

Rich teaching experience in Economics and Finance

OUR HISTORY

2015

GEC is founded in New York City in 2015. The company is headquartered in Beijing in the same year, and starts providing PBL courses for students worldwide. Our first and star program is on sustainability.

2016

GEC covers academic topics of finance & business, electronic engineering, and social sciences. We start setting our sight on developing PBL courses to enrich students’ academic backgrounds and develop their real-world skills.

2017

GEC has a platform available on mobile devices. We are glad to announce our pre-A round financing from the Unity Ventures and Golden Education. Our revenue has reached 20,000,000 RMB in 2017. We are awarded "2017 Online Education Brand on Technology Innovation of the Year" by NetEase Education.

GEC partners with Dulwich International High School Suzhou (DHSZ), Beijing International Bilingual Academy (BIBA), Shanghai High School International Division (SHSID)，and Suzhou North America High School.

GEC builds strategic partnerships with big-name educations institutions in China, including New Oriental, EIC Education, and Golden Finance.

2018

GEC serves more than 3000 students worldwide and develops over 200 PBL programs. Our instructors are all from global top 50 universities and world-known labs. We are glad to inform you that GEC has established profound exclusive partnerships with more than 300 academic big names with profound industrial backgrounds around the world.

GEC is proud to announce the successful completion of our Series A round of financing. The New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU) leads the investment round with participation from the 58.com Inc. and the Unity Ventures.

Our founder is listed by Forbes on their “30 Under 30 China”.

Over 90 international schools in more than 30 cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Ningbo, Suzhou and Singapore, integrate GEC PBL courses into their regular curricula. Our PBL courses are closely linked to A-Level/IGCSE and AP courses to better serve international school students.

GEC has served students from more than 30 universities in the U.S., and over 180 universities in China.

Project 985 and Project 211 universities, a batch of best universities in China, integrate GEC PBL courses into their regular curricula.

2019

GEC’s CEO is invited and serves as Guest Speaker to the ASU GSV Summit, a most elite annual convening of leaders in education and think tanks, as the representative of academic enrichment companies in China.

Welcome to GEC Academy

We deliver high quality Project-Based Learning (PBL) programs in ways from distance learning to on-site intensive training. We endeavor to help all students explore their academic interests to the extent that their own interest will take them to their future career and beyond.

Our Vision

Our Team

OUR HISTORY