What should a Chinese top-level design in STEM Education look like?

Since the start of the twenty-first century, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education has been dedicated to meeting future workforce demands and reinforcing the nation’s core competitiveness in the global arena (Ritchie, 2019). Accordingly, STEM has risen to a national strategic level in major developed countries. For instance, as the origin of STEM education, US governments have long prioritized STEM education (e.g., U.S. Department of Education, 2008; U.S. Department of Education, 2015). In addition, the Australian government has progressed from implementing STEM education in certain states (e.g., Queensland) to establishing a national policy since 2013 (Australian Industry Group, 2013). Like many other nations, China has also embraced STEM education due to industrial policies around innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship since 2011 (Aziz and…