From August 18 to 20, the 2019 (Fifth) International Summit of China Vocational Education was held in Foshan, Guangdong grandly. The Summit was co-sponsored by the GTA Vocational Education and Industry Development Research Institute, Foshan Polytechnic, the Technical Education Branch of the China Association of Higher Education. Su Dongmin, the secretary of the party committee of the school was invited to attend the Summit and made a thematic speech in the special forum – “Reform, Innovation and Quality: Discussion of the Implementation Approach of the Construction Plan of High-level Vocational Colleges & Specialties with Chinese Characteristics”.
In the speech made in the special forum, Su Dongmin emphatically introduced the bold explorations and outstanding achievements made by the school in the aspect of international school-running and in detail the school’s specific practice and experience of “bringing in” and “going out” in the cooperation in education with Russia, Australia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Ethiopia. The reform, innovation and exploration of our college in the innovative cultivation mode and the establishment of the “post-bachelor” class, “post-sergeant” class, “innovative experiment class” and “characteristic advantage class” were extensively followed and appreciated by the guests attending the forum.
In the context of officially promulgating and implementing the National Vocational Education Reform Implementation Plan, with the theme of “deep integration and development of industry and education and new vocational education energized by new technologies”, about one hundred of domestic and foreign vocational education experts, industry leaders, transnational elites jointly talked about the vocational education reform and development prospect, constructed an exchange platform for the integration of industry and education, and provided technology and skill talents support for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in the country.