The upgrade creates a coherent learning-to-practice pathway where teachers assess their AI capabilities, receive AI-driven course recommendations, study subject-specific cases, and engage in collaborative research and resource creation.

New features include AI literacy assessment, intelligent course recommendations, electronic teacher development files (e-portfolio), upgraded Master Teacher Studios, and a co-creation teaching research office, all aimed at moving from isolated access to coordinated, collaborative teacher development.

Master Teacher Studios have been upgraded and a co-creation teaching research office launched to boost collaboration, resource sharing, and joint research among teachers, with an AI Literacy Guidance Team Studio linking AI use to teacher research.

There is a shift in supply and training, as tools are placed into schools via the national platform while training emphasizes practical usage, instructional design, and integration with real teaching scenarios rather than demonstrations.

National-level AI tool expansion continues, adding 14 new AI applications to the national platform to support intelligent lesson preparation, tutoring, virtual experiments, and evaluation through a unified entrance.

The platform’s AI integration extends across core teaching tasks beyond learning, spanning lesson preparation, classroom teaching, evaluation, and learning analysis, as shown at the October 10 on-site Ministry event.

Homepage layout was reorganized to support teaching quality improvement, master teacher guidance, collaborative teaching research, and training capability enhancement, with new entrances and easier access to resources and tools.

A new AI Literacy Zone consolidates AI learning resources, tools, and research communities, offering AI literacy assessments and course resources covering theory, tools, scenarios, and ethics, with assessments guiding personalized course recommendations.

A major upgrade to the Smart Education in China Platform focuses on teachers, including a fully upgraded Teacher Development Center with new AI capabilities and strengthened teacher training programs.

Four strategic directions drive the upgrade: shift from management to teacher-centric design; move from resource retrieval to precise AI-based recommendations; replace scattered tools with full-stack empowerment; and promote group co-creation over isolated use.