On Development of Chinese Talent Cultivation Mechanism in AI Age—From the Perspective of the Washback Effect of College Admission Requirements

It is undeniable existence of the backwash effect of college admission requirements (CARs) in each education system of the primary and secondary schools in almost every country in the world, and that the different CARs creates the different model of adolescent development. Through analysis and comparison of the similarities and differences between the Sino-US CARs, this study aims to explore the effective Chinese talent cultivation mechanism (TCM), considering a positive backwash effect of CARs to TCM. The current CARs must be updated with the practice of the 2020 Foundation Plan issued by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. To achieve effective CARs, the authors propose the holistic evaluation mechanism supervised and inspected by the national professional trust system.