According to Zheng Yangding, an award-winning mainland teacher who now serves as the principal of the SMIC School, the school attempts to integrate Chinese and Western approaches to education, balancing the acquisition of knowledge with the development of the whole person. "We assign coursework, but it's not too heavy," says Zheng. "The teachers make some demands, but the students are relatively happy."
曾獲頒大陸管理特優老師榮譽的鄭延定校長說，中芯的辦學理念是希望融合中西，並兼具知識學習與全人發展，「我們的課業有負擔，但不重；老師有要求，但學生又比較快樂。」