Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology announced that its AR child abuse prevention course will be introduced in 25 preschools in Tong'an District, Xiamen City, as a compulsory part of the curriculum for children before they leave kindergarten. Blue Hat's AR child abuse prevention course is an innovative new way to teach children how to stay safe and guard against exploitation as they grow up. The AR course is designed for children between the ages of 3 and 5, with content adopted from real-life cases of child abuse. The course educates children on interpersonal skills, logical thinking and methods of handling unsafe circumstances. The course uses picture books and manuals give children easier access to the content, helping their learning both at home and at school. Over the past two years, the teachers at the Blue Hat Preschool Education Research Institute have completed hundreds of trial sessions using the educational materials, which were developed in several preschools in China, to serve children aged from 3 to 6. In the future, they will also provide teacher training to maximize value of the course. The product has been launched at a time when the Chinese preschool sector is in dire need of quality educational materials: as of the end of 2018, the number of preschools in China had reached 266,700, and the total number of students continues to rise.