Online teaching, distance learning discussed at symposium

The sudden outbreak gave us a chance to experience the world's largest "internet plus education" mode, said Zhu Yongxin, a member and deputy secretary-general of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference national committee.

He emphasized that "Online education is not only possible but necessary."

"We can tell from the recent practice that the efficiency of internet education is quite high, but there is still a long way to go. It's necessary to improve the level of internet hardware, education curriculum system, network literacy and other aspects, and promote educational reform through big data, the internet and artificial intelligence, Zhu said.