On March 22, the Shenzhen Institute of Technology officially launched its 2026 "One Student, One Chip" laboratory. The institute signed cooperation agreements with 30 well-known high schools from Guangdong, Henan, Shandong, and Hunan provinces to jointly establish "One Student, One Chip" innovation experimental classes. These classes aim to strengthen the connection between basic education and higher education by leveraging the institute's academic strengths and the high schools' quality educational resources. The program focuses on cultivating talent in the field of processor chips, developing an integrated curriculum system, and enhancing students' academic capabilities, interdisciplinary thinking, and innovative skills. It seeks to explore new pathways for nurturing top innovative talent in microelectronics in the new era.

Under the agreement, the Shenzhen Institute of Technology will provide comprehensive professional support for the "One Student, One Chip" laboratory, including site planning, equipment standards, teacher training, and teaching materials with practical guidance. The partner high schools will be responsible for the construction and maintenance of the laboratories, creating a chip practice teaching platform suitable for high school students. The innovation experimental classes will offer integrated advanced courses for high school students, covering key areas such as computer system fundamentals, digital logic circuits, PCB design and soldering, and processor chip development. These courses are designed to bridge high school information technology curricula with university-level microelectronics and computer science programs.

Through hands-on laboratory practice, specialized lectures, and outcome assessments, the program systematically cultivates students' ability to engage in chip engineering from concept to implementation. Fan Jianping, President of Shenzhen Institute of Technology, stated that the "One Student, One Chip" project is a distinctive educational initiative in the field of integrated circuits. Its core objective is to enable every student to design and tape-out their own processor chip, making it a benchmark for early talent cultivation in chip development in China. The launch of the laboratory aims to break down barriers between high school and university education by extending high-quality research resources, faculty expertise, and curriculum systems to the high school level. This creates a full-chain cultivation platform from interest initiation to scientific research practice, preparing a reserve force for the nation's key core technology sectors.

On the same day, the institute also hosted a seminar on collaborative cultivation of top innovative talent between high schools and higher education institutions. Four experts—Fan Jianping, Xu Fei (Executive Vice President of Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology), Pan Yi (Dean of the School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Shenzhen Institute of Technology), and Li Huiyun (Vice Dean of the School of Computing Power Microelectronics at Shenzhen Institute of Technology)—delivered reports on topics including interdisciplinary empowerment for technological innovation, talent cultivation in the AI era, development of large AI models, and advancements in computing power microelectronics. These discussions aimed to build consensus for the effective implementation and enhancement of the "One Student, One Chip" project.