Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, March 1 (Reporter Chen Aiping) Recently, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum released the youth growth gradient plan - "Laboratory for the Training of Top Innovation Talents" and "Science Teachers' Professional Ability Development Plan". The former launches science education programs with different focus for children of different ages and grades; the latter focuses on improving the professional capabilities of science teachers in primary and secondary schools.

"Science and technology are developing rapidly. We must make good use of new technologies, expand the coverage of science education as much as possible, and make more children interested in science and technology; we must also introduce systematic, multi-level and personalized education to different children as much as possible, so that those children who are willing to devote themselves to scientific research can develop a lifelong aspiration." said Ni Minjing, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.

In recent years, Ni Minjing has paid special attention to how new technologies such as adolescent science education, the cultivation of top talents, and how new technologies such as artificial intelligence affect science education.

In Ni Minjing's view, the comprehensive promotion of artificial intelligence education also has problems such as dispersed educational resources, lagging course content, weak faculty, and disconnection of industrial demand. After careful investigation, this year he continued to make suggestions for accelerating the high-quality implementation of artificial intelligence education.

On February 27, the special event of the opening of the Whale" Colorful World-One Square Meter Museum·First Whale Museum was held at Tianyuan Foreign Language Experimental Primary School (Jindu Campus) in Minhang District, Shanghai. Ni Minjing introduced students to knowledge such as "whales are not fish". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Aiping

"Artificial intelligence cannot replace the human brain. We need to tell children that technologies such as artificial intelligence are just tools of discovery, and the origin of invention and creation is the determination to invest in it. "Ni Minjing believes that there must be teachers who understand science and popular science workers who understand education on campus and outside the school, and also need to establish face-to-face contact opportunities for high-tech enterprises, universities, and research institutes to allow children to establish the ambition of "innovation in science and technology, strengthening the country and having me" in a subtle way.

In 2025, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum will launch 13 youth training, event projects and 6 teacher training projects. The video number of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Director's Video Account "Director and His Experimental Friends" also maintains the frequency of daily updates. In the popular science video, Ni Minjing and primary and secondary school teachers and students completed interesting scientific experiments such as "Match Rocket" and "Chopstick Timi".

On December 31, 2024, at the "Science New Year Conference" held by the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Ni Minjing (left) presented an interesting scientific experiment to the audience. Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Aiping Photo

Ni Minjing admitted that improving the overall level of science education still requires promoting institutional and mechanism innovation. For example, different departments will strengthen cooperation and link resources from all parties to allow children to explore scientific knowledge and establish a scientific spirit on more occasions. It is also necessary for all sectors of society to form a consensus that science education is not just high-tech education, but life is full of scientific education elements.

"The Shanghai Science and Technology Museum will continue to build a large platform for science education, unite all sectors of society, and ignite more young people's "science and innovation dreams". I will also continue to perform my duties conscientiously and make my own contributions. "Ni Minjing said.