At the end of 1979, the Central Audio-visual Education Center was designated as the UNESCO film collection unit in China, responsible for preserving the films donated by UNESCO to China and providing them to relevant units for use. By the end of 1985, there were 9 15 teaching films at home and abroad.
1August, 982, cooperated with UNESCO to film "Training of Chinese Peking Opera Actors' Art Education Film", which reflected the excellent cultural tradition of China.
Over the past 30 years, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping's educational thought and the direct leadership of the Ministry of Education, the Central Audio-visual Education Center has kept pace with the times, forged ahead, United the national audio-visual education system, made outstanding achievements, and made due contributions to China's educational modernization.
In 2004, the Ministry of Education established the Ministry of Education Basic Education Resource Center, which is co-located with the Central Audio-visual Education Center, with one institution and two brands. The Central Audio-visual Education Center mainly undertakes the following tasks: developing multimedia teaching materials, supporting primary and secondary school text teaching materials mainly with audio-visual electronic teaching materials, and carrying out research, exchange and service of multimedia teaching materials; Develop educational and teaching resources, establish educational and teaching information resource database, and serve schools in different economic regions; Cooperate with Chinese and foreign countries to undertake the concrete implementation of a number of modern distance education projects in primary and secondary schools; Participate in the construction of distance education network in primary and secondary schools and provide related services; Organize research and experiments on the theory and application of educational technology and information technology in schools, and carry out the development, transformation and popularization of research results; Carry out training in various educational technologies; Hosting national education core periodicals such as China Audio-visual Education; To undertake the daily work of the National Project Implementation Office of Primary and Secondary School Teachers' Educational Technology Capacity Building Plan, the Secretariat of China Educational Technology Association and the Secretariat of Primary and Secondary School Professional Committee.