On October 27, Ambassador Wei Huaxiang and Hon. Harini Amarasuriya, Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education of Sri Lanka, attended the launch ceremony of the Model Smart Classroom Project at Maharagama National College of Education.

Ambassador Wei said that when education in a country thrives, the country will thrive, and strong education makes a strong nation. China attaches great importance to and actively supports Sri Lanka's education reform and digital transformation of education. The model smart classrooms supported by the Chinese Embassy, together with the China-Aided Digital Transformation Project of General Education in Sri Lanka, will enable more students to benefit from educational development and technological progress. These efforts are of great significance for carrying forward the spirit of the Rubber-Rice Pact, deepening the strategic cooperative partnership featuring sincere mutual assistance and everlasting friendship, as well as jointly building a China-Sri Lanka community with a shared future.

Prime Minister Amarasuriya expressed her gratitude to China for its strong support for Sri Lanka’s education reforms and digital transformation in education. She expressed the hope that Sri Lankan teachers would make full use of the smart classroom resources, master modern educational technologies, and ensure that the benefits of modern educational technologies contribute to students' all-round development and the cultivation of future talent. Prime Minister Amarasuriya invited Ambassador Wei to visit Maharagama National College of Education next year to jointly witness the achievements of digital transformation in education.