On January 30th, the 2024 World Digital Education Conference, jointly organized by the Ministry of Education, the National Committee of UNESCO, and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, opened in Shanghai. Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Cai Dafeng attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng presided over the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech at the plenary session titled "Jointly Promoting the Application, Sharing, and Innovation of Digital Education". Vice Minister of Education Chen Jie attended the opening ceremony and presided over the plenary session, while Vice Minister of Education Wu Yan presided over the launch ceremony of the international version of the China National Smart Education Public Service Platform. Wu Qing, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Li Zheng, Standing Committee Member and Secretary General of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and Vice Mayor Jie Dong attended the relevant activities. Chen Jining pointed out that in today's world, digital technology is becoming a leading force in promoting educational reform. As the economic center city of China, revitalizing the city through science and education is an important strategy for Shanghai's development. Digital education leads to the modernization of Shanghai's education, which is becoming more and more stable. Shanghai will explore more innovative digital education, rely on the development of digital industries such as big data and artificial intelligence, cultivate application scenarios such as "intelligence+", promote deep integration of digital and education, empower online and offline, and shape a new form of digital education that is efficient and full of vitality; Develop inclusive and better digital education, vigorously promote the digitization, accessibility, and inclusiveness of high-quality educational resources, promote changes in educational concepts and talent cultivation models, and strive to build a new digital education system that is equal, suitable, and accompanying everyone; To create a more open digital education, deepen the standardization, mutual learning, and resource sharing of digital education, strengthen intellectual property protection, data security management, and digital ethical risk prevention, and work together to create a new digital education ecosystem of co construction, sharing, and co governance, so that more educational achievements can better benefit people of all countries. Cai Dafeng pointed out that a new round of technological revolution and industrial revolution is in the ascendant, and the digitalization of education is showing a development trend of deep integration and systematic innovation, becoming the core driving force for global education reform. China regards digital education as an important lever for educational equity, an important engine for educational quality, an important support for a learning society, and an important field for international cooperation and exchange. It will accelerate the deep integration of digital technology and digital education, comprehensively empower students to learn, teachers to teach, school governance, educational innovation, and international cooperation, continuously improve the digital literacy and skills of the whole population, and lead the modernization of education with the support of educational digitization, The comprehensive development of service personnel and high-quality economic and social development. China is willing to work with countries around the world to seize the "time" and "trend", "danger" and "opportunity" of the digital age, strengthen dialogue and exchange, adhere to joint construction and sharing, deepen digital governance, and create a more open, inclusive, and resilient digital education. China will fulfill its responsibility as a host country, actively cooperate with UNESCO in the establishment of the International STEM Education Research Institute, support UNESCO in playing a leading role in global education transformation, and jointly promote the development of global STEM education and digital education transformation.