As early as 1997, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of China published Document Number 155, which emphasized the importance of computing in college education regardless of discipline. As a required course for all majors, CS0 'College Computers” has been taken by around six million students each year since then. However, due to the lack of appropriate materials for the course, some professors taught students how to use computer tools, and others taught students programming skills.

This article discusses a recent CS0 reform happening in China that shifts the focus of the course from computer tools and skills to computational thinking. An MOE teaching steering committee has published The Basic Requirements for Teaching College Computer Courses, where 42 core concepts on computational thinking are identified as guidelines for teaching College Computers and associated entry-level computer courses. Four college-level curricula recently developed are presented in this article as case studies. They are interesting and unique in different ways: one is a CS0 course for the deaf, another is a MOOC on C Programming, the third case is a MOOC on College Computers, and the fourth is a CS0 course designed for health majors. These curricular innovations around computational thinking are reenergizing CS0 in China. In this chapter, we discuss these innovations and their implications for college study in China.