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BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) — Imagine replacing the blackboard with a big screen and students tapping on learning tablets to answer questions instead of writing answers with pencils. Artificial intelligence (AI) is making this a reality, offering Chinese students new learning methods and narrowing the digital divide between urban and rural areas.
At a middle school in Guiyang City, capital of Guizhou Province, southwest China, English teacher Zeng Xing discovered that AI had changed the game thanks to an intelligent classroom system developed by Chinese AI giant iFlytek.
Zeng Xing assigns exercises to his students using the classroom learning tablets, and students can instantly submit their answers via their personal learning tablets. At the same time, each student’s detailed answers are displayed on the large screen at the front of the classroom.
By analyzing the results using AI and big data, the system allows Zeng Xing to provide personalized instructions tailored to the specific needs of each student.
“We can now quickly identify students’ weaknesses and tailor curriculum accordingly, which is much more effective than before,” she said.
The intelligent classroom system also allows students to improve their speaking skills through personalized interactive dialogues based on a large database of English movies, news, and poetry. The AI can evaluate students’ pronunciation and provide feedback, helping them speak more accurately and confidently.
“AI has created opportunities for basic education in remote areas like Guizhou,” said Huang Hui, principal of a middle school in Guizhou province, where difficult terrain and complicated transportation systems limit educational resources.
AI-based tools play a very important role in bridging the educational gap between urban and rural areas by expanding learning resources and improving accessibility, Huang Hui added.
In addition to enhancing classroom learning, AI also enriches students’ extracurricular activities.
At Tsinghua University Elementary School, students are using AI to exercise during breaks. With a wave of their hand, they can activate intelligent exercise equipment to track the duration and frequency of their exercise.
Beyond basic education, AI is also having a significant impact on higher education. As China’s DeepSeek AI assistant gains popularity, many colleges and universities have announced that they will integrate it into their backend systems.
Colleges and universities, as innovation hubs and talent incubators, should actively introduce new technologies and take a leading role, said Wang Lei, a professor at Beijing Normal University’s School of Public Administration.
“When conducting scientific research, tasks such as project design, massive data collection, and literature review are time-consuming,” says Qian Minghui, a researcher at Renmin University of China. “Using DeepSeek with a special document database can greatly improve efficiency. It acts as a research assistant and can even help conduct research and identify the right scientific and technical team.”
The expected technological revolution will open up great opportunities for education, Chinese Education Minister Huai Jinpeng told Xinhua News Agency on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People’s Congress.
He said that in 2025, China will release a white paper on AI education to help students improve their literacy and develop the skills needed in the digital age and artificial intelligence.
Starting from the upcoming fall semester, Beijing’s primary and middle schools will offer students at least eight hours of AI training per school year to cultivate future-oriented and innovative talents.
Despite the benefits of AI in transforming education, it also raises concerns about data security, privacy, and academic integrity.
“It is imperative that we develop policies on the use of artificial intelligence, strengthen technology supervision and ethics training for teachers and students,” said Tan Liang, deputy director of the information center at the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences. -0-