The city of Xiamen recently hosted the annual Cross-Strait Principals Forum. More than 200 principals of primary and secondary schools (including vocational schools) from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan gathered at the event. This year's forum included a focus on educational transformation in the age of AI.

The Chinese Society of Education, the city of Xiamen and the Taiwan Provincial Education Association organized the event. Xiamen’s education bureau, the Xiamen Federation of Taiwan Compatriots and the Xiamen Education Society hosted the forum.

The forum began in 2007 and includes participants from Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Tianjin, Xinjiang and Zhejiang.