BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's key education news from the past week:

　　-- Regulation requires school officials to eat with students

　　China has introduced a new regulation, requiring school officials from kindergartens to high schools to accompany students in each school meal as a way of ensuring food safety.

　　The mechanism will be established in a bid to spot problems and safety hazards and address them in a timely manner, according to the regulation jointly issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Health Commission.

　　Under the new regulation, parents will also be invited as supervisors to offer suggestions on food safety and nutrition improvement, to which schools must give timely replies.

　　-- Experts discuss AI-education integration

　　Chinese scientists and education experts have gathered to discuss the in-depth integration of artificial intelligence and education as well as innovative development in this regard at a symposium.

　　Representatives and scholars from the MOE, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences and several Chinese universities attended the symposium, according to the MOE website.

　　-- University uses VR technology in psychological counseling

　　After preparing for more than two years, Beihang University has unveiled a laboratory applying virtual reality technology as a therapeutic tool for better mental health, China Education Daily reported.

　　In the laboratory, therapists place people wearing a VR headset in a virtual environment that causes them stress or a phobia and then help them work through the anxiety.