Global English education faces both unprecedented opportunities and challenges in the rapidly evolving era of artificial intelligence, experts said during the 2024 Global English Education China Assembly that opened on Friday in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

Organized by China Daily, Beijing Normal University and Shanghai International Studies University, the Global English Education China Assembly aims to promote scholarship and cross-cultural understanding among English educators in China and elsewhere.

An annual event since 2018, this year's assembly from Friday to Sunday has the theme of Transforming English Language Teaching in the AI Era, and brings together participants from around the world to share ideas and tools for improving English language teaching, according to the organizers.

Zhou Li, deputy director of the Ministry of Education's Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges, said knowledge innovation is advancing rapidly, bringing new opportunities and challenges to education.

Chinese foreign language education is expected to adapt to the educational transformation in the digital age, helping the country better integrate into the world while enabling the world to better understand China, she said.