Xi'an Hi-tech Zone forms distinctive educational system

Xi'an Hi-tech Zone has developed an educational landscape consisting of 267 schools with 183,500 students and 14,900 faculty and staff members over the past 30 years, forming a unique educational system.

An aerial view of Xi'an Hi-tech Zone. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The zone has fostered 48 high-quality new schools in recent years, establishing a coordinated development system covering 96 primary schools, 36 junior high schools, and 10 senior high schools.

The zone has recruited 231 backbone teachers, including provincially and municipally renowned teachers and academic leaders, and trained more than 2,200 principals and administrators at the national, provincial, and municipal levels, as well as teachers in the "three tiers and three categories" backbone teacher system. 

The zone has completed over 1,400 research projects at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. Its experience in comprehensive basic education reform has been shared twice at national conferences. Three cases have been selected as exemplary cases for promotion by the Ministry of Education, and 16 courses have been recognized as high-quality courses.

Students learn about aerospace technology through a rocket model. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A total of 105 national, provincial, and municipal sports-featured schools and art demonstration schools, as well as more than 120 labor education practice bases, have been built. The zone has partnered with universities, research institutes, and enterprises to establish 28 science education demonstration schools and sci-tech innovation practice bases. It has also been designated as one of China's first national pilot zones for science education in primary and secondary schools.

Xi'an Hi-tech Zone will continue to expand high-quality educational resources, with a focus on teacher development, to better serve the zone's development.