Guangdong
21%
6/28
AI Gap Index
6/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
0/6
Governance
0/4
Access
Schools 6/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 2 Guangdong Department of Education issued binding provincial AI curriculum regulations (April 2025); structured four-strand curriculum (AI and life, AI technologies, AI practice and innovation, AI and society) mandatory across all grade levels in primary and secondary schools
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 2 Regulations are binding with specified minimum class hours: grades 1–4 at least 6 hours per year; grades 5–6 at least 10 hours per year; middle and high school at least one class every two weeks; enforcement by provincial education department
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 1 AI and society strand explicitly required at all grade levels; ethics and critical evaluation of AI included but not separately assessed or graded
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 1 Teacher training required as part of curriculum rollout per the provincial regulations; no evidence of dedicated separate funding for teacher training independent of curriculum budget
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0
Workforce 0/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0
Civil Service & Governance 0/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 0
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0
Public Access 0/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 0
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Index history
May 17, 2026 6/28 Refresh: Guangdong issued three AI education pilot documents (April 10, 2026) including teacher and student AI literacy frameworks with defined competency standards; dim 4 confirmed at 1 (standards now defined but pilot status and no dedicated funding evidence prevents increase)
April 6, 2026 6/28 Initial research: Guangdong binding provincial AI curriculum with minimum hour requirements (dim 1=2, dim 2=2); ethics component required (dim 3=1); teacher training mandated as part of rollout (dim 4=1); no workforce or governance provisions found at provincial level