Fujian Education Department Publishes Provincial Project Incubation List for AI-Empowered University Talent Training

The Fujian Provincial Department of Education issued notice Min Jiao Gao [2026] No. 17, publishing the provincial project incubation list for AI-empowered university talent training, covering two categories: AI-empowered higher education teaching reform projects and AI-empowered course and textbook research topics. Projects were selected through school recommendation, expert review and public notice. Incubated projects are placed under unified provincial project reserve management with a two-year construction period, and those passing acceptance upon completion will be established as provincial projects. The notice requires universities to strengthen standardized management, focus on cultivation and reinforce resource guarantees, while project teams refine construction plans and avoid valuing application over construction and weak outcomes.

The notice moves AI-empowered university talent training from the plan level to project library management and an acceptance-to-establishment mechanism, directly affecting curriculum reform, textbook research directions and faculty teaching capacity building at Fujian undergraduate universities, and offering a reference for other provinces observing provincial project-based approaches to AI talent training. Evidence is limited to the notice text and attached lists, with no disclosed number of incubated projects, specific university distribution or funding arrangements; actual construction outcomes require verification through acceptance results within the period. Fujian undergraduate universities must advance AI education teaching reform and course and textbook research under provincial project reserve requirements, subject to acceptance after the two-year construction period. University AI course and textbook research projects gain a provincial establishment channel, and faculty teams' application and construction directions will center on this incubation list.