国际英语资讯:Photo exhibition in Singapore traces Chinas education journey over 70 years_时事

国际英语资讯:Photo exhibition in Singapore traces Chinas education journey over 70 years

He said that Xinhua News Agency bears the social responsibility of contributing numerous reports on China's education reform and development over the years.

It is hoped that this exhibition will promote Singapore's understanding of China's education journey and pave the way for promoting more exchanges on education between the two countries, he noted.

Saying that Singapore and China will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations next year, Chee hoped that the two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation in the political, economic, and cultural fields including education, so as to continue to learn from each other and promote the growth of bilateral relations.

The exhibition tells the story of China's educational development through three stages, starting with the early days after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, when China saw stark levels of illiteracy.

In order to address the situation, the Chinese government embarked on a national literacy campaign and devoted its resources to ensuring basic education.

Hong attributed the remarkable transformation to the Chinese government's efforts, saying China now provides compulsory education in primary and secondary schools and the school system has continuously improved at all levels including adult education.

In fact, science and technology education has become an important pillar of China's education policy as depicted by photos of high school students learning how to operate computers in 1982. By 2017, interactive multi-media classrooms became the norm, while local elementary school students were able to learn about artificial intelligence on a trip to the futuristic Chongqing Robot World in Southeast China's Chongqing city in 2016.