The city of Zhijiang Province in eastern China will introduce mandatory artificial intelligence courses in primary and secondary schools to train students with rapidly growing technology.
Hangzhou, the hometown of AI company Deepseek, introduces AI education that is common in schools starting from the new semester, with a minimum of 10 classes per academic year, and national media. Global Times It has been reported.
The local education department has published a document outlining teacher curriculum plans and AI competency standards and has published guidelines. Authorities said it is intended to shape AI education and develop future talent.
Elementary and secondary schools can use a combination of educational formats to intensively teach students AI courses in a particular week. Alternatively, you can integrate AI content into topics such as information technology and science.
Schools have the flexibility to incorporate AI projects into their local curriculum and can arrange basic AI learning activities during their after-school programs.
According to the Education Bureau, students are taught to recognize the application of artificial intelligence and are designed to work with AI devices to navigate the role of AI in everyday life. The class emphasizes the importance of responsible ethical use of AI, focusing on protecting privacy.
The school teaches third and fourth grade students the use of AI tools to collect texts, images and audio resources for academic and daily tasks.
With guidance, students design and create simple projects that demonstrate their understanding of AI applications.
In junior high schools, students cover AI extensively, from data preparation to model training. You will also learn the core principles behind algorithms, such as inference and brute force search.
In high schools, students implement project-based initiatives to develop skills in designing AI systems.
This experience strengthens the ability to effectively apply AI in everyday life. Global Times He quoted the station as saying.
Hangzhou was hit by the global spotlight after Deepseek, a Chinese AI startup comparable to ChatGpt, hit the world earlier this year.
Living with nearly 8 million people, the high-tech forward city is rapidly emerging as a major innovation hub with the startup scene, private investment and a steady stream of talent.
A cluster of high-tech companies called “The Six Dragons of Hangzhou” by local media is redefineing the city's innovative landscape. In addition to Deepseek, robotics companies Unitree and Deep Robotics produce machines built for search and rescue missions, infrastructure inspections and even dance routines on television.
Game developer Gamescience, design software company Manycore Technology, and Brainco are working to fuse human cognition with computing to complete the group.
Hangzhou is also home to Alibaba Group Holding, a giant that does everything from online shopping to logistics and cloud computing.
