Hebei
25%
7/28
AI Gap Index
5/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
2/6
Governance
0/4
Access
Schools 5/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 2 China's April 2026 'AI-Empowering Education Action Plan 2030' creates binding provincial-level AI curriculum obligations for Hebei; the Feb 2026 Ministry of Education national meeting in Langfang (Hebei) explicitly linked AI education to examination reform.
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 2 National five-ministry directive requires provinces to issue implementation regulations; the Langfang meeting confirms AI education entering examinations — a binding curricular requirement.
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 1 Ethics and responsible AI use are named required curriculum components in the national directive.
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0
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 2/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 2 Hebei Provincial Department of Education is the named implementing authority. The province has a multi-department (10 departments) joint digital education plan and the Ministry of Education chose Langfang, Hebei for its first national AI-in-education deployment meeting.
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 20, 2026 7/28 Scores updated following China's April 2026 five-ministry 'AI-Empowering Education Action Plan 2030' plus Langfang meeting linking AI to examination reform: binding provincial curriculum mandate (dims 1,2), ethics requirement (dim 3), Provincial Education Dept as named implementing authority (dim 10).
April 6, 2026 0/28 Initial research: national AI curriculum mandate applies; no distinct Hebei provincial AI policy evidence found; scored conservatively at 0 pending provincial-level findings