From juvenile classes to brain supply chains

A pipeline starting at age 15 and leading to national strategy

Juvenile class enrollment (2009→2024)40→380

Proportion of graduates from gifted programs (Tsinghua University)26%

Chinese institutions in the top 100 global AI papers31

China's share of global AI patentsApprox. 70%

Juvenile ClassEstablished in 1978, admission at age 15 → PhD in early 20s

Yao Class·Turing ClassAI-exclusive elite tracks at Tsinghua University and Peking University

Youth unemployment rate14.9% as of June 2026 (see article 5)