Beijing Designates ‘Benchmark’ Schools to Lead AI Integration in Education
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China’s capital has identified 50 schools to serve as testing grounds for the integration of artificial intelligence into the education system, a move designed to accelerate the use of generative AI in classrooms and entrench the technology in the development of the country’s future workforce.
The Beijing Municipal Education Commission recently released its first list of “benchmark schools” for AI application scenarios. The roster includes eight universities and 42 primary and secondary schools spread across 16 districts, including the tech-heavy Haidian district and the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area.
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- Beijing selected 50 schools, including 8 universities, as pilot sites for integrating generative AI in education, aiming to establish replicable models for future learning.
- By end of 2025, 87.7% of primary and secondary schools in Beijing had adopted at least one AI application, with teacher proficiency and personalized learning increasing.
- The city supports AI talent development with 36 undergraduate AI majors, 48 universities having AI institutes, and micro/mini-majors for broader student access.
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