全球鋼琴熱“退潮”，英國政府卻逆勢砸錢扶植音樂教育，稱“關乎國家利益”

China's piano market has contracted sharply since the pandemic, with families abandoning lessons over cost and unclear returns. Britain moved the other way. Dr Xiaoyun Peng documents the 2022 strategy The Power of Music to Change Lives: £79m a year for the national network of music education hubs, a £25m capital fund for instruments and equipment, and Classroom 200, a free online resource of two hundred works with teaching plans. Writing as a parent whose son attends the Yehudi Menuhin School, where strings, bow hair, recording sessions and camping equipment are all provided, she argues that Britain treats music as a matter of national interest for three reasons: mental health, social cohesion and an export industry worth billions. She also names China's advantages, including heavily subsidised conservatoire-affiliated schools and a level of technical rigour Britain does not match.