The drafting of an education code that addresses contemporary needs while guiding future development represents a landmark initiative in China’s legal infrastructure. As artificial intelligence continues to exert profound societal impacts, the education code must establish clear provisions governing AI-education integration. This requires dual legislative frameworks embracing both inclusion criteria for AI-education phenomena, such as risk assessment standards, educational advancement benchmarks, impact evaluation metrics, and accountability mechanisms, and exclusion thresholds determining when regulatory intervention is unwarranted. The code’s formulation should prioritize two core objectives, namely, advancing educational innovation and safeguarding educational security. During the codification process, AI-related provisions should be systematically embedded across General Principles and Specific Provisions. A development-security dualism legislative philosophy should be adopted for the General Principles, while tailored regulations according to educational modalities and relational dynamics should be designed for the Specific Provisions.