On January 15, 2025, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to attend the Seminar on the Development of Science Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools convened by the Bureau of Teaching Materials of the Ministry of Education in Beijing, where he spoke on the direction of science education reform in the new era and its requirements for the development of science textbooks for primary and secondary schools.

Together with participating CAS academicians and experts, he discussed the Framework of Quality Standards for of Science Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools and the ideas and measures for the next step in the textbook development.

At the meeting, Fang Yu cited his own examples of learning through artificial intelligence and the Unbound Academy in the United States that used artificial intelligence to replace human teachers to teach courses, to illustrate the necessity and urgency of embracing artificial intelligence, which attracted wide interest and attention from delegates and media present.