Sanya's Smart Education System Transcends Urban and Rural Barriers

Strategic Insights -

Sanya, a city on the southernmost tip of China's Hainan Island, has been at the forefront of building a smart education system. By leveraging software and hardware upgrades, as well as technological innovations, the city has created a comprehensive teaching, learning, and evaluation platform that enables high-quality educational resources to reach both urban and rural areas. This initiative aims to promote the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education in the city.

Key Takeaways:

  • Sanya's smart education system covers the entire teaching, learning, and evaluation scene through software and hardware facility upgrades and technological innovations.
  • The system allows high-quality educational resources to transcend urban and rural barriers, ensuring equal access to education for all students.
  • As of 2025, Hainan Province has listed "Building a Smart Education Infrastructure for Primary and Secondary Schools" as the top of its ten major provincial livelihood projects.
  • The plan is to build no fewer than 6,500 multimedia classrooms, 500 student information technology classrooms, and 650 teacher research and preparation rooms in no fewer than 900 primary and secondary schools across the province.
  • Sanya has spearheaded the "Smart Education Initiative," building 362 multimedia classrooms for 63 public primary and secondary schools, equipping 919 teachers with office computers, and 718 student classroom computers.
  • The initiative has improved the overall infrastructure for smart education and contributed to the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education across the city.
  • The Municipal Education Bureau has pioneered a 5G holographic projection classroom pilot at the No. 9 Primary School, integrating 5G technology into synchronous instruction.
  • The 5G holographic projection classroom allows for remote learning experiences with other schools, promoting the development of educational informatization.
  • The system uses the "five educations" as the evaluation criteria, evaluating students based on their performance at school and at home, allowing teachers and parents to have a comprehensive understanding of their children.
  • The city aims to prioritize education development, continuously deepen comprehensive reform of basic education, build the "Study in Sanya" brand, and promote high-quality and balanced development of basic education.

Statistics:

  • No fewer than 6,500 multimedia classrooms will be built across the province.
  • No fewer than 500 student information technology classrooms will be built across the province.
  • No fewer than 650 teacher research and preparation rooms will be built across the province.
  • 362 multimedia classrooms have been built for 63 public primary and secondary schools in Sanya.
  • 919 teachers have been equipped with office computers.
  • 718 student classroom computers have been equipped.
  • 5G holographic projection classrooms have been implemented in multiple schools.

Sources:

  • Sanya Municipal People's Government news release
  • Sanya Municipal Education Bureau
  • Hainan Province's "Building a Smart Education Infrastructure for Primary and Secondary Schools" project
  • Sanya's "Smart Education Initiative"