First aid training is being expanded in schools in China

First aid process/ File: China Daily

According to China Daily, as part of the three-year initiative, AEDs will be installed in schools located in areas with limited first aid resources. The project will be implemented in phases.

In 2026, 11 provincial-level regions, including Beijing, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, will participate. Another 11 regions will join in 2027, and the remaining 10 regions will be included in 2028. To create a professional teaching staff, a total of four instructors will be trained in each first aid education studio.

The project is managed by the Ministry’s basic education department and is supported by a donation of 106 million yuan (15.4 million dollars) from Chinese technology company Tencent. The project is implemented by the China Teacher Development Foundation. The goal of the project is to install 6,400 AEDs and establish more than 5,700 first aid education studios across all 31 provincial-level regions.

Priority will be given to establishing first aid education studios in youth activity centers or larger schools to facilitate regular training. It was stated that the foundation will make use of its platform advantages and professional experience, strengthen project management, explore effective models for campus first aid education, and increase communication efforts to better protect the lives and health of teachers and students.

Tencent Senior Executive Vice President Si Dan said the company will use its technological strengths to integrate campus first aid resources through digital platforms, enable a shift from incidental emergency response to on-demand emergency response, and help foster a culture in which more people are ready and able to provide first aid.