According to the curriculum plan for ordinary primary and secondary schools in Shanghai and the students' training objectives, Xiwai Bilingual School has set up a three-in-one curriculum system integrating Chinese and western education. The first centers on both the domestic compulsory curriculum and English Cambridge curriculum; The second is extensive curriculum aiming at the students' comprehensive development of the rich and diversified development of the curriculum; The third is the research-based curriculum which focuses on cultivating students' independent thinking and critical thinking.