Shanghai Party Committee Meeting Deploys "AI Plus" Education Reform and Scaled Professional Training

On the afternoon of August 25, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee held a central group study session, hearing a special report by Zhou Bowen, director of Shanghai AI Laboratory, on building a highland for AI development and governance, with Party Secretary Chen Jining presiding. The meeting deployed deepening "AI Plus" education reform, innovating talent cultivation models, and carrying out scaled professional training for forward-deployed engineers on a larger scale, while also calling for faster construction of government AI agents, a classified and tiered regulatory system, and accelerated development of evaluation standards.

This is a special study session and deployment on AI development and governance at the local Party committee level. The "AI Plus" education reform, talent cultivation model innovation, and scaled professional training for forward-deployed engineers directly point to AI talent supply and adjustments in the education system, which will shape demand directions for local universities, vocational training institutions, and AI education products. The classified and tiered regulatory system and evaluation standards relate to compliance conditions for education-related AI products. The text consists of meeting deployments and proposals, without a specific implementation timetable, training scale, or funding arrangements, so actual results await follow-up documents and implementation. Local universities and vocational training institutions in Shanghai may adjust curricula and cultivation plans around "AI Plus" education reform and forward-deployed engineer training. Education-related AI products face clearer compliance and evaluation requirements as the classified and tiered regulatory system and evaluation standards advance.