Artworks on display at the 2025 AADTHU Undergraduate Exhibition at the Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing, June 7, 2025. [Photo courtesy of AADTHU]

In an interview with China.org.cn, Qin said the exhibition showed new explorations in the integration of art and science, and the students' works made extensive use of the latest technological methods to enrich the content and form they wanted to express. Though still developing, the students have shown strong artistic sensitivity and engagement with real-life issues and social topics.

"No matter how you use it, the most original creativity and theme of the work should mainly reflect the student's own creativity or professional judgment," he told China.org.cn. "During the creation process, the student must be the one mastering the technology, rather than simply using technology to generate the result."

He added that they encourage more of a fusion of the virtual and the real in expression, "because AI represents a way for us to explore new possibilities in expressing art and understanding the world," he explained. "However, we hope these possibilities will be combined with reality, life and people's genuine concerns. So our direction is to promote more integration in this area in the future."