This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of smart education in China. It defines smart education as a higher level of digital education that can be divided into four stages, including resource sharing, data-driven, integration with AI, and ecology reshaping. It proposes five practical paths for the development of smart education in China, such as cultivating innovation literacy as its goal and data empowerment as its core, and it develops an evaluation framework consisting of four dimensions, including extensive connectivity, innovative application, mechanism guarantee, and literacy improvement. Finally, it also identifies five trends in the global development of digital education. This book serves as a valuable resource for teachers, education administrators, education researchers, and other readers who are interested in educational innovation and development in China.