East side of 7th Floor, No. 3663, North
Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, China, 200062
Tel: +86 21 6223 2322
www.smile.ecnu.edu.cn
Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Education (SMILE), the very first institute devoted to lifelong education research in China, was founded in July 2012. It is established by East China Normal University upon the commission of the ShanghaiMunicipal Education Commission. As a strategic alliance in the field, SMILE adopts open, cross- boundary, cooperative and innovative approaches to integrate the lifelong education research strengths and practice platforms of relevant institutions to form an open lifelong education research platform and become an important research base and policy consulting organization for the development of Chinese lifelong education cause.