On October 25-26, 2025, the symposium on "Challenges and Responses of Artificial Intelligence to Higher Education," hosted by the Renmin University of China AI Governance Institute, was successfully held. Nearly 20 experts and scholars from over ten universities, research institutions, and enterprises—including Renmin University of China, Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, East China Normal University, the National Institute of Education Sciences, and the Higher Education Cooperation Department of Baidu—representing diverse fields such as law, psychology, computer science, information resource management, education, and philosophy, participated in the event. Together with the faculty and students present, they engaged in in-depth discussions on the transformation pathways of higher education in the era of artificial intelligence. This event was co-organized by the Renmin University of China School of Interdisciplinary Studies, the Renmin University of China School of Education, the Renmin University of China School of Information Resource Management, and the Renmin University of China Law and Technology Institute, aiming to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and contribute to the exploration of high-quality development in higher education.

Liu Wei, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the AI Governance Institute, Renmin University of China

Hu Yi, Professor of the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University

Luo Yangyang, Associate Professor and Vice Dean of the Institute of Higher Education, Lanzhou University

Song Yu, Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Al for Education, East China Normal University

Sun Jingzhou, Lecturer at the School of Law, Renmin University of China

Zhou Xiang, Professor of the School of Education, Renmin University of China

Morning Discussion on the 25th

Wang Tingting, Lecturer at the School of Education, Renmin University of China

Wan Haipeng, Associate Professor at the College of Education,  Capital Normal University

Bu Yi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Management, Peking University

Wang Xuenan,Deputy Director and Associate Research Fellow of the Institute of Digital Education Research, National Institute of Education Sciences

Afternoon Discussion on the 25th

Yang Bo, Professor of the School of Information, Renmin University of China

Wang Yu, Assistant Professor of the School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

 Ji Xiangting, Deputy Director at the Higher Education Cooperation Department, Baidu

Huang Kun, Professor of the School of Government, Beijing Normal University

Liu Xiaochun, Associate Professor of the School of Law, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Director of the Law and Technology Institute

Zhao Jingwu, Associate Professor of the School of Law, Beihang University, and Deputy Director of the Research Base of International Governance of Cyberspace

Morning Discussion on the 26th