In the province of Wensxi, the province of Shanxi, located in the Loess Mountains of Noord-China, children connect live with teachers from Shanghai, Shenzhen and abroad via Mercury Forum, an interactive educational platform developed by Mercury Academy [http://www.mercurius.hk/]. Unlike pre-recorded video lectures, the system makes participation possible: students raise virtual hands, scribbles on a shared whiteboard and immediately earn recognition-an avatar of one child even illuminates with a digital crown to answer correctly.
This pilot session is part of a broader experiment led by Tang Yingxi, the 19-year-old founder of Mercury Academy. Making comparisons with Salman Khan-Die Khan Academy has launched from his home computer more than ten years ago, Tang brings new tools to the same mission: expansion of access to education. The difference is in the medium. Where Khan used the internet, Tang uses artificial intelligence (AI).
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From Khan to Tang: two generations of educational reform
The journey of Salman Khan is generally known: a hedge fund analysts who recorded mathematics tutorials for a cousin who grew into the Khan Academy, who now serves more than 100 million students worldwide.
Tang’s route was less linear. He stopped primary school after poisonous encounters with teachers and later lay the entrance exam of Beijing in high school. His turning point came through future literacy, a project -based curriculum created by his father, which restored his trust and target feeling.
By 17, Tang had developed photovoltaic glass technology that won the Zayed Sustainability Prize on COP28 in Dubai and was the first Chinese high school student in 17 years to receive the prize. Experience reinforced its belief in adaptable learning systems. Since then he has taken leave from Minerva University, one of the most selective institutions in the world, to set up Mercury Academy. His explained mission: promoting educational equality in accordance with the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
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The AI era: tackling a gap of 2 million students
Analysts estimate that at least two million Chinese students currently fall outside of traditional education, either due to illness, flexible learning needs or artistic and athletic activities.
For years, video courses were promoted in advance as a solution, but they often could not involve the students. “The problem is not access to content, but the lack of interaction and feedback,” Tang stated in a statement.
The Mercury Forum platform from Mercury Academy introduces various innovations:
1. Real-time interaction that allows students to participate in live discussions through geographies.
2. AI-driven analyzes that produce reports after the class that follow participation and flag removal.
3. Curriculum redesign combination of Harvard case studies, Stanford Design Thinking and Chinese traditions such as calligraphy, martial arts and music to promote holistic thinking.
The approach has already begun to close the gap between national and urban classrooms, so that students in remote areas can experience the same lessons as colleagues in large cities.
A clear Chinese path
Observers note that if Khan Academy symbolized the internet age of education content to scale, Mercury Academy represents the AI ERA interaction on a scale.
Tang emphasizes that technology is only part of the story. “China has 5000 years of culture,” he said. “Education in the AI era should not only convey knowledge, but also retain and reinvent thinking.”
To this end, Mercury offers an East-West Thinking Program, which Tang’s “image-logic-craft” framework is the distillert-an effort to merge Confucian traditions with global strategy and problem-solving methods.
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Influences: from Khan to Bruce Lee
While comparisons with Salman Khan are present in abundance, Tang calls another figure as his personal inspiration: Bruce Lee. “Bruce Lee was not only a martial artist, but a cultural educator who bridged East and West,” said Tang. “Today AI enables us to transcend geography, time and hardware. Our goal is flexible learning for everyone.”
Relieve the fire of fairness
The experiment in Wenxi County reflects the wider vision of Mercury Academy: to bring flexible, AI-driven education for millions of disadvantaged students.
Educational experts suggest that the Tang project could position as a crucial figure in the next wave of global reform of education.
As a student asked him after class: “Can I also grow up to help the world?” Tang’s answer was simple: “Of course. The moment you start your project, you are already on the road.”
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