Abroad and Domestic Vocational and Technical Fields Exchange Conference Successfully Held

On December 15, 2022, the “Abroad and Domestic Vocational and Technical Fields Exchange Conference” was successfully held online. This conference was sponsored by Hebei Huancai Education Technology Co., Ltd. under the guidance of Hebei Provincial Department of Science and Technology (Hebei Provincial Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs) and Hebei Education and Publicity Center.

Wang Zhongqun, Director of Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs of Hebei Provincial Department of Science and Technology, was invited to attend and address the conference. Director Wang called for closer cooperation among global institutions, an international environment of higher vocational education, and a diversified, international path for development suitable for higher vocational education. We should actively bring in high-quality vocational education resources from abroad to train more high-level vocational and technical personnel up to international standards.

Representatives from world-renowned colleges and universities, such as Deakin University, University of Waikato, University of Wollongong, University of Sunderland, TAFE NSW, and the Assumption University of Thailand, and more than 30 representatives from higher vocational colleges in Hebei, such as Hebei Jiaotong Vocational and Technical College, Handan Polytechnic College, Shijiazhuang Vocational College of Finance & Economics, Shijiazhuang Institute of Technology, Hebei Software Institute, and Baoding Vocational and Technical College, gathered at the conference online. Participants shared and exchanged their views on the characteristics of higher education in several countries, the development history of higher vocational education, university-enterprise cooperation, international educational exchange, and the employment of graduates in multiple dimensions and from various perspectives. With these efforts, the conference aimed to further the international development of higher vocational and technical colleges in Hebei, improve the global competitiveness of the vocational and technical level of the colleges, and encourage teachers from higher vocational colleges in Hebei to explore innovative teaching models.

The splendid sharing from overseas universities and their strong willingness to cooperate received an active response from two vocational colleges in Hebei attending the conference. Both sides expressed the desire for further communication on introducing courses in accounting, marketing and wealth management and upgrading to a higher degree from junior college, undergraduate and master education.

The successful holding of the Abroad and Domestic Vocational and Technical Fields Exchange Conference effectively broadened the global vision of teachers from higher vocational colleges in Hebei, boosted mutual learning and mutual advancement of higher vocational education resources on a global scale, and further the exploration of the province in diversified higher vocational education.