On 16 May 2026, CATL's "Zero-Carbon Outreach School Tour" reached its 600th school at the Dongying Science and Technology Museum in Shandong Province. The event marked a leap from "a single school" to "an entire city": all 54 primary schools in Dongying have now fully introduced zero-carbon outreach courses, putting climate education in resonance with the city's own development. From a rural primary school with just 48 pupils to a central school with 3,100, the journey has unfolded a vivid educational picture — from the unfamiliarity and curiosity of the first class to today's classrooms where carbon neutrality and new-energy technology are part of everyday conversation. What began as a single school's exploration has become a shared consensus of the whole city.

At the event, in the joint witness of principals, teachers, students and parents from all 54 schools, Dongying's Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Association for Science and Technology, and Bureau of Education jointly launched the initiative "Co-building a Zero-Carbon Outreach Demonstration City" with CATL. Building on the high baseline of "citywide course rollout," the initiative now extends further — planting the seeds from the classroom into community soil, household routines and every operational detail of the city.

2026 年 5 月 16 日，宁德时代"零碳科普校园行"第 600 校走进东营活动在山东省东营市科技馆举行。此次活动实现了从"一所校"向"一座城"的跨越——东营市 54 所小学全面开设零碳科普课程，让零碳科普与城市发展同频共振。从仅有 48 名学生的乡村小学，到拥有 3,100 名学生的中心学校；从第一堂零碳课的陌生与好奇，到今天每一间教室里都能听到关于碳中和、新能源科技的讨论。这已经不是一所学校的探索，而是一座城市的共识。

活动现场，在东营市 54 所学校的校长、老师、学生和家长代表共同见证下，东营市文旅局、东营市科协、东营市教育局与宁德时代共同启动"共建零碳科普示范城市"，从"全市开课"的高起点上再出发——把课堂里的种子，种进社区的土壤、种进家庭的习惯、种进城市运行的每一个细节。

Zero-carbon science class at Shengtuo Town Experimental Primary School: Students conduct CO₂ generation experiment

胜坨镇实验小学零碳科普课：学生开展CO₂生成实验

From Classroom Experiments to Family Habits

从课堂实验到家庭习惯

At Shengtuo Town Experimental Primary School, students conducted a hands-on CO₂ generation experiment as part of the zero-carbon course. Hou Yonghui, assistant principal and director of academic affairs, said the original science curriculum had placed more emphasis on theory and was relatively weak in nurturing children's hands-on abilities; once the zero-carbon course was introduced, students became markedly more engaged and more capable of working with their hands. The shift is visible at home too. One parent from Dongying Experimental Primary School shared that her child began questioning whether a newly purchased car-mounted bin was "environmentally friendly enough," and then went on to craft a replacement bin from an old beverage bottle and leftover yarn — a piece that remains in use today. The parent expressed gratitude for the environmental habits the course had helped cultivate.

In Dongying, CATL is also supporting the construction of China's first 100% green-electricity directly-connected zero-carbon industrial park, building a "Green Energy Island" and a template for the new-energy transformation of industry. The citywide course launch and the start of the Zero-Carbon Outreach Demonstration City are designed to ensure that, from the basic-education stage onwards, young people recognise and practise zero-carbon principles, contributing to the city's sustainable development.

在胜坨镇实验小学的零碳科普课上，学生们围绕"二氧化碳生成"开展动手实验。校长助理、教务主任侯永辉介绍，学校原有的科学课程主要侧重于理论部分，对于孩子的动手能力培养偏弱；零碳科普课程引入后，学生的动手能力与课堂参与度均得到明显提升。这种变化也延伸到了家庭。东营市实验小学的一位学生家长分享，她的孩子开始主动质疑新买的车载垃圾盒"不够环保"，并用旧饮料瓶和闲置毛线亲手做了一个新的垃圾盒，至今仍在使用——这位家长对零碳课程培养的环保习惯由衷感到欣慰。

在东营，宁德时代正在助力建设全国首个 100% 绿电直连零碳产业园，打造"绿色能源岛"以及产业新能源化的转型样板。此次东营"全市开课"并启动建设零碳科普示范城市，目标在于从基础教育阶段让青少年认识零碳、践行零碳，推动城市可持续发展。

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