On the afternoon of May 28, Li Junkai, Secretary-General of the ZGC Global High-Level Think Tank Alliance (ZGCTA) and Director of the Center for International and Regional Cooperation at the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, was invited to participate online in the Startup Village event at the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow, Russia, and delivered a keynote speech on artificial intelligence education.

Li Junkai Delivering Keynote Speech

Co-hosted by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Skolkovo Innovation Center, this event was themed "To Teach, Not to Wait: Where Do We Place the Comma in School AI Education?" It focused on discussions about curriculum design, teaching models, ethical norms and practical paths for AI education in primary and secondary schools, with experts and representatives from China and Russia participating online and conducting in-depth exchanges.

Li Junkai delivered her keynote speech titled "The Art of 'Placing the Comma' in School AI Education". Drawing on China's practices in promoting AI education in primary and secondary schools, she systematically elaborated on three core levels of "comma" that should be upheld in school AI education: First, start early, control the pace; Second, use AI as a tool, focus on building judgment; Third, combine institutional supervision with humanistic protection. She also shared three key practices China has implemented to advance AI education: leveraging the "Polaris" Basic Education Large Model Evaluation Center to provide teachers with classroom adaptation assessment tools; establishing a "seed teacher" training system to enhance teachers' AI teaching capabilities through a ripple effect; and using pilot schools as sources of evidence-based data to support policy optimization and improvement. Li Junkai expressed her hope that this exchange would serve as an opportunity to strengthen mutual learning and practical cooperation between China and Russia in the fields of educational technology and AI governance. Together, the two sides can explore AI education models that align with the growth patterns of adolescents and promote the standardized, orderly and healthy development of AI education in primary and secondary schools.

This event has further expanded ZGCTA's communication channels with Russian innovation institutions and enriched its international cooperation practices. Looking ahead, ZGCTA will continue to leverage its advantages as a non-governmental multilateral exchange and cooperation platform, focus on fields such as science and technology education and international scientific and technological cooperation, deepen regular exchanges with overseas institutions, pragmatically promote project docking and resource sharing, and strive to enhance the effectiveness of international exchanges and cooperation.

                                                                                                                                  (Text and Photos by the ZGCTA Secretariat Office)