SED attends World Digital Education Conference in Zhejiang (with photos)
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Dr Choi noted that the Education Bureau (EDB) is setting out the direction and strategies for digital education with a view to tying in with the national strategy of invigorating the country through science and education, as well as the goal of developing Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology centre. This is done by the establishment of the Steering Committee on Strategic Development of Digital Education, and supporting the Curriculum Development Council to draw up the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools. The EDB is also formulating an AI literacy framework to comprehensively enhance students' AI literacy.
She said that the EDB continues to provide tiered and diversified professional development activities and school-based support services on digital education to strengthen schools' professional capacity in leading change and innovation in teaching. The EDB has also set aside $2 billion under the Quality Education Fund to support digital education in primary and secondary schools. Among this, $500 million is allocated for the AI for Empowering Learning and Teaching Funding Programme, providing each publicly funded school a grant of $500,000 to purchase AI tools and organise activities fostering students' AI literacy.
Dr Choi emphasised, "Educational restructuring in the digital era is a systemic transformation. We will enhance the high-quality development of digital education by the synergistic promotion of learning, teaching, assessment, management, and research."
Subsequently, Dr Choi attended the closing ceremony of the World Digital Education Conference and, on behalf of the EDB, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on digital education with the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province. The MOU aims to leverage the respective strengths of Hong Kong and Zhejiang in the resources, technology and talent of digital education, and jointly build a community of collaborative innovation in digital education, contributing to the development of digital education worldwide.
Yesterday (May 11), Dr Choi attended the plenary session of the World Digital Education Conference. She also visited a school and an innovation and technology application promotion base in Hangzhou to learn about AI-empowered teaching and how data can drive improvements in teaching and school management, as well as to gain first-hand experience of the applications of AI robots in various scenarios.
In addition, Dr Choi met with education officials and organisation representatives attending the conference during these two days to discuss strengthening educational co-operation and exchanges.
Dr Choi will return to Hong Kong tomorrow (May 13).
Ends/Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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