Libraries, cultural centers, and community organizations in Jinan city, east China's Shandong Province have launched various night schools, and taking part in these programs has become a fashionable trend for the city's youth. The night schools offer courses in areas like AI office skills, short video editing, dancing, vocal music, intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, beauty, fitness, calligraphy and floral art. 1 : Students learn makeup at a night school of Jinan Library of Jinan city, east China's Shandong Province.

(Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) 2 : Night school students copy The Starry Night, a painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. (Photo/Kong Deming) 3 : Night school students learn the basic knowledge of woodworking under the teacher's guidance. (Photo/Guo Liangnan) 4 : A teacher shares knowledge about AI with students at a night school class.

(Photo/Kong Deming) High demand Every Thursday at 8 p.m., the classroom for the short video editing course at the Jinan Library is always full of students practicing short video production and editing under the guidance of a teacher.

The class's atmosphere is relaxed and lively, and students demonstrate their deep interest in the subject by continuing to ask the teacher questions after class. Wen Cong, who works in the real estate industry, attends the class because it teaches skills required for her work. "I've never received professional instruction on the subject, so I've always felt that I've needed to improve my skills," sh.