China Relys On Artificial Intelligence In Education Reform

JAKARTA The Chinese government will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) applications into teaching, textbooks, and school curricula processes as part of a massive education reform effort. This was revealed according to an official document released on Wednesday, April 16.

This step is aimed at students and educators at all levels from basic, secondary, to higher education in line with the efforts of the country with the second-largest economy in the world to encourage innovation and find new sources of growth.

According to China's Ministry of Education, promotion of AI use will help "grow the basic abilities of teachers and students" and establish "the core competitiveness of innovative talent."

The basic capabilities referred to for students include independent thinking, problem solving, communication, and cooperation. The use of AI is also considered to be able to create a more innovative and challenging classroom.

This effort follows the launch of AI courses by Chinese universities and an increase in the number of registrations, especially after startups DeepSek attracted global attention in January by launching a competitive and cheaper large language model developed over similar products from the US.

In the same month, China also announced its first national action plan to achieve its "strong education state" status by 2035, with the aim of leveraging innovation efficiency in order to realize the target.