On March 11th, the opening ceremony of Shandong Vocational Education and Industrial Talent Research Institute and the Summit Forum of Vocational Education and Industrial Talent were held in the conference room on the second floor of the north building of Xingyuan Hotel at SDUT. HU Xingyu, Secretary of the Party Committee of SDUT, attended the event and delivered a speech, and CUI Huanyong, Standing Committee Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of SDUT, presided over the unveiling ceremony.
LU Hao from the Office of Comprehensive Reform, Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education; MA Luting, Vice President and Researcher of China National Academy of Educational Sciences; XING Shunfeng, Deputy Secretary of Education Working Committee, Shandong Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of Party Committee of Shandong Provincial Education Department; YANG Guangjun, Deputy Secretary and Director of Shandong Talent Group, President of Taishan Senior Manager Training Institute; WANG Zhigang, Director of Vocational Education Division of Shandong Provincial Education Department. MA Jing, Vice Chairman of Zibo CPPCC, Chairman of Zibo Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association and Director of Zibo Committee of China Vocational Education Association, attended the seminar online and offline simultaneously.
HU Xingyu delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of SDUT. He said that SDUT had always attached great importance to the integration and development of vocational education and higher education, and Shandong Vocational Education and Industrial Talent Research Institute was established in SDUT in 2022, the first provincial vocational education research institute in China, fully reflecting the support of higher authorities for the vocational education. In the future, SDUT would take the opening of the Institute as an opportunity to perform the four functions of research, training, cultivation and internationalization, and strive to build it into a “Policy Think Tank”, “Talent Pool” and “Source of Innovation” to support the reform and development of modern vocational education in the region and the country and endeavor to build a “Qilu Model” for vocational education reform and innovation in the new era.
On behalf of the Department of Vocational and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, LU Hao warmly congratulated the establishment of the institute and the holding of the forum. He analyzed the new situation faced by China’s vocational education and put forward that the institute could be run well to strengthen the cultivation of applied talents.
XING Shunfeng, on behalf of the Shandong Provincial Education Department, expressed congratulations on the establishment of the institute and the organization of the forum and put forward three opinions on the development of the institute. Firstly, the institute should accurately grasp the development direction and innovate the operation and management mechanism. Secondly, the institute should gather high-quality resources from all parties and build a platform for joint construction and sharing. Thirdly, the institute should adhere to the problem and goal orientation and help highly skilled talents training.
MA Jing read the written speech of FANG Naichun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director General of the China Vocational Education Association. On behalf of Shandong Talent Group, YANG Guangjun congratulated the inauguration of the institute and the holding of this forum and expressed the desire to deepen cooperation.
MA Luting, YANG Guangjun, WANG Zhigang and HU Xingyu jointly unveiled the Shandong Vocational Education and Industrial Talent Research Institute.
The Summit Forum was held after the unveiling ceremony. Experts and scholars from China National Academy of Educational Sciences, Chinese Society for Technical and Vocational Education, Beijing Normal University, Zhejiang University of Technology, and Shandong Provincial Institute of Education Sciences made special reports, sharing research results and exploring practical experience around the topics of changes and constants in vocational education, vocational warehouse - an analysis method from occupation to education, dual supply and skill chain construction.
It is reported that the event is sponsored by SDUT, Shandong Vocational Education and Industrial Talent Research Institute and Shandong Rhein Koster Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Superstar Group co-organized. More than 200 people, including experts and scholars from Chinese Academy of Science Education, China Vocational Education Association, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and China Education Daily, etc., responsible comrades from 16 prefectural and municipal Education Bureaus, higher vocational colleges and secondary vocational colleges in Shandong Province, as well as enterprise representatives, were present at the ceremony. At the same time, the event opened online live broadcast for 87 higher vocational colleges, 394 secondary vocational colleges and relevant departments and units in Shandong Province.