Smart education opens new possibilities for every student in Yinchuan A demonstration event is held in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region to showcase achievements in AI-assisted teaching for primary schools, June 11. (Photo courtesy of the education bureau of Xixia district, Yinchuan) In Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a group of seventh graders from Ningxia No. 15 Middle School have developed a smart bird-repelling system to protect goji berry fields. The system automatically detects birds approaching the fields and plays pre-recorded raptor calls to deter them. Powered by AI image recognition, it protects crops without harming wildlife. This is an example of the school's efforts to build a distinctive curriculum that integrates general education with AI. "Several companies have already contacted us about turning the students' idea into a real product," said Xie Wei, principal of the school. He summarized the school's goals in simple terms: "We want to lighten teachers' workloads and give our students more room to grow." The transformation brought by smart education can be felt throughout the campus. For Chinese teacher Bao Ling, lesson preparation used to be a time-consuming process. "I used to spend several evenings preparing audio and video materials for a single class," she recalled. Now, she routinely uses AI tools to turn textbook content into animated lessons. While teaching the essay Pear Blossoms Along the Post Road, she transformed the text into an immersive visual experience, with pear blossoms blooming across the screen and the story unfolding in vivid detail. "A single video can help students grasp the entire text," Bao said. "Students are more engaged and spend more time looking up and participating, while lesson preparation has become much more efficient." AI has also made literature feel more personal. Through AI-generated characters, students can "talk"