From 21 to 23 November, 2025, the Eighth World Education Frontier Forum was held in Fuzhou under the theme “AI and Education: Prospects and Challenges”. The forum was jointly hosted by the China Education 30 Forum and the Dewang Basic Education Research Institute, co-organized by the Education Policy Research Center at the University of Hong Kong, the College of Teacher Education of Fujian Normal University, and the Soochow University’s New Teacher Fund, and greatly supported by the Fuzhou Education Bureau, the School of Marxism at Fujian Normal University, and the Tin Ka Ping Foundation.

The forum spanned one and a half days, featuring five keynote speeches and eight roundtable dialogues. Approximately 300 participants attended in person, including scholars and experts from both China and abroad, leaders of educational organizations, school principals, and student representatives, with over three million viewers following the event online.

During the forum, Professor Zongkai Yang delivered a keynote speech titled “Educational Development and Transformation in the Intelligent Era”. He stated that with 2025 regarded as the inaugural year of smart education, education has been shifting from knowledge transmission to capacity cultivation. He emphasized the importance of upholding the principle that education should guide technology. This ensures that humans remain in a dominant position within human-machine collaboration. By reconstructing the educational support system, he argued, a new educational ecosystem featuring deep human-machine integration can ultimately be achieved.

In one roundtable dialogue themed “Enlightening the Future: The Path of Synergy Among AI, Education, and Humanity”, Professor Yang drew on research data from the journal Nature to highlight the potential negative impacts of improper AI use. He further pointed out the need to explore new educational principles and methods in response to these challenges.

(Sourced from the China Education 30 Forum)

Editor: Ruye LI

Reviewer: Xiaoxiao ZHU