Recently, the Ministry of Education and nine other departments issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Digitalization of Education" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). On April 16th, at a press conference held by the Ministry of Education, Yang Zongkai, Director of the Education Digitalization Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Education and President of Wuhan University of Technology, interpreted the "Opinions" as an expert, stating that the layout of disciplines and majors should be adjusted according to the situation of technological development, the basic abilities of teachers and students should be cultivated, and the integration of artificial intelligence with teaching, learning, management, evaluation, research and other scenarios should be deepened.

Yang Zongkai, Director of the Education Digitalization Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Education and President of Wuhan University of Technology, provided expert interpretation of the "Opinions" according to the website of the Ministry of Education

Yang Zongkai interpreted the "Opinions" released this time from four aspects. Firstly, strengthen and make good use of the national smart education public service platform. As an important lever of the national education digitalization strategy, the national platform combines functions such as student learning, teacher teaching, school governance, social empowerment, and educational innovation. It is an important support for promoting the high-quality development of digital education and an important path to achieving high-quality and balanced development of education. The Opinion clearly points out that we should deepen the integration, start building a strong national platform from improving the layout of resources, upgrading service functions, and other aspects, and make good use of the national platform from carrying out comprehensive applications, promoting data governance and other scenarios, continuously strengthening the supporting role of the national platform in building a learning society.

Secondly, comprehensively promote the transformation of education with the assistance of artificial intelligence. Yang Zongkai said that artificial intelligence, as a strategic technology leading a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, is affecting various industries, changing the labor market at an unprecedented speed and breadth, reconstructing knowledge production, and forcing the reform of talent training models. At the same time, it also brings more possibilities for educational innovation. In order to further activate the potential of artificial intelligence to reshape education, the "Opinions" clearly point out that we should comprehensively promote intelligence, adhere to moral education and people-oriented, and cultivate students' higher-order thinking, thinking and judgment abilities, and practical abilities. According to the situation of technological development, adjust the layout of disciplines and majors, cultivate the basic abilities of teachers and students, and deepen the integration of artificial intelligence with teaching, learning, management, evaluation, research and other scenarios.

Thirdly, vigorously promote the internationalization of digital education. Digital technology is constantly impacting and disrupting our understanding and practice of education. The question of what education is and where education is going has become a global consensus. In order to further expand China's influence and contribution to the development of global digital education, the Opinion clearly points out the need to vigorously promote internationalization, deepen international cooperation from the aspects of resource co construction and sharing, joint talent cultivation, and collaborative governance of education, and shape the international brand of China's digital education.

Fourth, establish a sound digital guarantee mechanism for education. Every step in the development of digital education cannot be separated from the coordinated efforts of various guarantees such as human, financial, material, institutional, and security. To deepen the digitization of education, it is necessary to establish a guarantee mechanism with higher requirements, standards, and quality. To further support the sustainable digital education ecosystem, the "Opinions" clearly point out the need to continuously consolidate the foundation of development, continuously improve the guarantee system from infrastructure, standard specifications, financial investment, evaluation incentives, and other aspects, and build a solid platform and network