AI, local support and programs aid rural areas

As English-language teaching penetrates China's smaller cities and rural areas, the role of technologies such as artificial intelligence and support from people in all walks of life are proving important and helpful, according to experts and educators at the 2019 Global English Education China Assembly in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

For example, Huichang Gaopai Middle School in Ganzhou in the eastern province of Jiangxi has benefited from an education program initiated by China Daily.

The program aims to expand access to high-quality English education resources and help to improve the competence of English teachers as a way of boosting foreign-language tuition.