2026-01-08 chinadaily.com.cn Editor: Mo Hongge
China's Smart Education of China Platform has become the world's largest quality education resource center, with total visitors exceeding 72.6 billion, the Ministry of Education recently announced.
Yang Fei, deputy director of the Ministry's General Department, said the platform hosts more than 130,000 high-quality resources for primary and secondary education, more than 12,500 vocational education courses, and about 145,000 higher education courses.
The platform covers the entire educational process from preschool to graduate school, encompassing moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education, and currently serves more than 178 million users in more than 200 countries and regions. The average number of daily visitors is about 52 million, Yang said at a ministry press conference.
Zhou Dawang, Director-General of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information Technology, said that the platform is playing an increasingly important role in promoting artificial intelligence education. We offer over 1,000 high-quality AI courses across basic education, vocational education, higher education, and continuing education.
To date, online AI training has been provided to about 500,000 teachers and students from 2,000 universities, and 1.31 million undergraduate graduates have participated in comprehensive AI application training, Zhou said.
Many universities are incorporating AI into their general education curriculum. For example, Fudan University has introduced AI courses for all undergraduate and graduate students, integrated AI into all entry-level fields, and made AI literacy a requirement for all majors, Zhou said.
Xia Qunke, vice president of Zhejiang University, said that the university established China's first interdisciplinary AI program in 2019 and built a full-cycle “AI+” talent training system.
The initiative includes 11 integrated undergraduate and doctoral programs in areas such as smart ocean research, new majors in intelligent manufacturing and robotics, and the publication of 27 “AI+X” textbooks. Xia said 15 of the courses are available on the national higher education smart platform.
Yang Zhongkai, head of the Expert Advisory Committee on Education Digitalization under the Ministry of Education, said digital education is developing rapidly around the world, with countries such as the United States and European Union member states putting AI education at the center of their national strategies and increasing investment.
According to the Global Digital Education Development Index report, China's overall ranking will rise from 24th place in 2023 and 9th place in 2024 to 6th place in 2025, making it one of the world's leading countries in digital education development, Yang said.
Looking ahead, he said education needs to undergo a systemic transformation with AI, with a focus on integrating AI into the entire education process, launching pilot programs, and building a future-oriented teaching and learning ecosystem.
“Comprehensive digital empowerment will make China's education fairer, higher quality, more dynamic, and more sustainable,” Yang added.
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