Dongguan Issues 15th Five-Year Education Plan, Deploys AI Education Pilot Program

On September 10, Dongguan held a citywide basic education work conference and issued the Dongguan Education Development 15th Five-Year Plan and the Dongguan Basic Education Key Task List. The plan sets a goal of basically completing a high-quality education system by 2030 and lays out 30 key tasks, including implementing an AI education pilot program and advancing AI education across all grade levels. The task list sets six sections and 32 tasks for the period from the fourth quarter of 2026 to 2027, including building new advantages in "AI plus education."

This is a clear move by a local education system to write AI education into a five-year plan and an annual task list, covering all grade levels and the building of new advantages in "AI plus education." It will directly affect local schools' curriculum arrangements, teacher training needs, and education procurement directions. For AI education product providers, Dongguan's plan and task list offer a trackable local policy window; for schools and teachers, all-grade-level advancement means supporting curriculum, staffing, and evaluation requirements may gradually follow. The original text only provides the framework of the plan and task list, without disclosing funding, pilot school lists, or a specific implementation timetable, so actual progress still needs to be observed. Dongguan primary and secondary schools need to prepare curricula and teaching staff for AI education across all grade levels, and teacher training and teaching resource allocation will adjust accordingly. Providers of AI education products and services gain a clear policy demand signal in the Dongguan school market, but the scale of implementation depends on subsequent supporting rules.