Recently, the implementation plan review meeting for the National Key Research and Development Program project “Personalized and Inclusive Childcare Service Technologies and Platform,” led by Zhejiang University, was held at International Campus, Zhejiang University. The meeting brought together a panel of distinguished experts, leaders from relevant departments, the project leader and principal investigators of subproject, as well as more than 60 core members from the leading institution, sub-project units, and participating organizations. The meeting was chaired by Wu Jian, Vice Dean of the International Campus, Zhejiang University, and Li Hanying, Executive Vice Dean of the Office of Scientific and Technological Research, Zhejiang University, delivered opening remarks on behalf of the host institution.
The “Personalized and Inclusive Childcare Service Technologies and Platform” project, led by Professor Wang Hongwei, Vice Dean of the Zhejiang University–University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute, addresses three major structural challenges facing childcare sector: the gap between limited high-quality service supply and the growing demand for scientific parenting, the mismatch between outdated service models and the need for advanced technological applications, and the tension between a weak regulatory system and the urgent need for stronger safety assurances. The project aims to meet the key needs of inclusive and equitable childcare, scientific and precise childcare, and safe and reliable childcare. It focuses on the health, language, and cognitive development of infants and toddlers by integrating universal services with personalized growth, establishing a multi-stakeholder collaborative childcare service model, developing a new-generation childcare service platform powered by multimodal large-scale models, and creating a comprehensive safety and regulatory platform that combines collaborative service delivery with intelligent oversight.
This meeting served as the official launch and plan review of the project, with the purpose of presenting detailed implementation plans for the project and its sub-projects to leaders and experts, and validating the scientific soundness, rationality, and feasibility of the integrated organizational and implementation framework. The successful convening of this meeting officially ushers the project into its full implementation phase. Attending experts highly recognized the project’s strategic value, research approach, and technical roadmap. Moving forward, the project team will strictly follow the expert panel’s comments, refine the service model design, strengthen the integration of technological development with real-world applications, and actively promote the large-scale implementation and dissemination of research outcomes. With a strong sense of responsibility and mission, all project members are committed to breaking through core childcare service technologies, establishing a new paradigm for inclusive childcare, and contributing solid scientific and technological support to improve the quality of childcare services, promote long-term demographic balance.
Source: "浙江大学ZJUI" WeChat Public Account
Editing: LI Songjiao
Editing in charge: LI Yinan
Reviewer: YANG Yi
Final Review: QU Haidong