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become important pillars of China’s secondary and system will be established and supported to provide
higher education system. A flexible and open education equally accessible skills training to all workers in both
structure has taken shape, with a good balance between urban and rural areas throughout the entire course of
degree programs and vocational education. China’s their career. The development of highly skilled talent
vocational education will be further adapted to keep will be prioritized, with the training of senior technicians
pace with new trends, such as Internet plus, big data, and set to be reinforced. An investment mechanism with
artificial intelligence. According to a 2018 report issued contributions from government and businesses will be
by the MOE, of the 34,000 programs offered by higher established for more financial support for professional
vocational education institutes in 2016, 60.7 percent skills training. Privately run professional skills training
were closely related to local core industries. Meanwhile, will be boosted, and government-subsidized programs
there was a marked increase in programs specializing will be open to eligible vocational colleges and training
in emerging service industries, the internet of things, institutions. Enterprises will also be encouraged to set
ecological agriculture, rehabilitation services, health care up professional training institutions (China to Promote).
and elderly care (Achievements and the Way).
E-Learning and Online Education
As part of the ongoing efforts to improve vocational
education in China, a national pedagogical standards Online education company Hujiang EdTech is
system for vocational education with Chinese offering primary and middle school students lessons
characteristics was created in 2018.The new system serves free of charge to improve education levels in remote
as an important basis for vocational schools to better and impoverished areas across the country. Students
organize teaching and evaluate student performance. from Makit county in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur
The new standards will allow stronger partnerships to autonomous region are participating in free Putonghua
be forged between educational authorities, industry, (or standard Chinese) lessons at schools, where projector
businesses, and institutions, based on the premise screens allow them to see lectures given by teachers
that success in vocational education relies heavily on from other provinces in real time via an online teaching
strong alliances between industry and institutions. The platform. The lessons are conducted by experienced
new standards are expected to permit businesses to teachers from elite schools from first and second-tier
play a more prominent role in vocational education, by cities such as Beijing, Nanjing in Jiangsu province and
ensuring that institutions stay up to date with the latest Wuhan in Hubei province. This teaching model is being
technology and processes in use in industry, as well used to alleviate the shortage of teachers in poverty-
as indicating industry- specific requirements for their stricken areas, giving students with limited access
future graduates (Establishment of National). In order to education resources more confidence, according
to strengthen industry-education interaction and trial to Hujiang. In 2018, the Ministry of Education (MOE),
a unique industrial guidance mechanism for vocational the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty
education, the MOE has established a series of Steering Alleviation and Development and the State Language
Committees for Industrial Vocational Education and Commission jointly released an action plan that calls
Teaching, led and managed by relevant authorities or for emphasis on the fundamental role of language and
industrial associations. At present, there are 56 Steering increased efforts to lift people out of poverty through
Committees in total, covering nearly all categories education. China’s education and finance authorities
of industry in China’s national economy and every plan to recruit 10,000 teachers beyond retirement age
major in secondary and higher vocational education. in the coming three years to teach in primary and junior
The committee members include representatives middle schools in rural areas. With a focus on schools
from 236 state-owned large-scale enterprises and 210 in poverty-stricken areas, the project aims to improve
private enterprises, of which 32 percent are industrial the quality of education and balance development of
enterprises (Industrial Guidance). education between urban and rural areas (Fan).
China plans to push forward a lifelong professional Online learning is certainly just for the young.
skills training system, as part of efforts to improve Self-empowering through online study by making
the workforce and boost high-quality development. use of small time slots is becoming a trend among
With the goal of promoting employment and young Chinese, as a large number of educational
entrepreneurship, a lifelong professional skills training entrepreneurs venture into e-learning. In 2018, over
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become important pillars of China’s secondary and system will be established and supported to provide
higher education system. A flexible and open education equally accessible skills training to all workers in both
structure has taken shape, with a good balance between urban and rural areas throughout the entire course of
degree programs and vocational education. China’s their career. The development of highly skilled talent
vocational education will be further adapted to keep will be prioritized, with the training of senior technicians
pace with new trends, such as Internet plus, big data, and set to be reinforced. An investment mechanism with
artificial intelligence. According to a 2018 report issued contributions from government and businesses will be
by the MOE, of the 34,000 programs offered by higher established for more financial support for professional
vocational education institutes in 2016, 60.7 percent skills training. Privately run professional skills training
were closely related to local core industries. Meanwhile, will be boosted, and government-subsidized programs
there was a marked increase in programs specializing will be open to eligible vocational colleges and training
in emerging service industries, the internet of things, institutions. Enterprises will also be encouraged to set
ecological agriculture, rehabilitation services, health care up professional training institutions (China to Promote).
and elderly care (Achievements and the Way).
E-Learning and Online Education
As part of the ongoing efforts to improve vocational
education in China, a national pedagogical standards Online education company Hujiang EdTech is
system for vocational education with Chinese offering primary and middle school students lessons
characteristics was created in 2018.The new system serves free of charge to improve education levels in remote
as an important basis for vocational schools to better and impoverished areas across the country. Students
organize teaching and evaluate student performance. from Makit county in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur
The new standards will allow stronger partnerships to autonomous region are participating in free Putonghua
be forged between educational authorities, industry, (or standard Chinese) lessons at schools, where projector
businesses, and institutions, based on the premise screens allow them to see lectures given by teachers
that success in vocational education relies heavily on from other provinces in real time via an online teaching
strong alliances between industry and institutions. The platform. The lessons are conducted by experienced
new standards are expected to permit businesses to teachers from elite schools from first and second-tier
play a more prominent role in vocational education, by cities such as Beijing, Nanjing in Jiangsu province and
ensuring that institutions stay up to date with the latest Wuhan in Hubei province. This teaching model is being
technology and processes in use in industry, as well used to alleviate the shortage of teachers in poverty-
as indicating industry- specific requirements for their stricken areas, giving students with limited access
future graduates (Establishment of National). In order to education resources more confidence, according
to strengthen industry-education interaction and trial to Hujiang. In 2018, the Ministry of Education (MOE),
a unique industrial guidance mechanism for vocational the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty
education, the MOE has established a series of Steering Alleviation and Development and the State Language
Committees for Industrial Vocational Education and Commission jointly released an action plan that calls
Teaching, led and managed by relevant authorities or for emphasis on the fundamental role of language and
industrial associations. At present, there are 56 Steering increased efforts to lift people out of poverty through
Committees in total, covering nearly all categories education. China’s education and finance authorities
of industry in China’s national economy and every plan to recruit 10,000 teachers beyond retirement age
major in secondary and higher vocational education. in the coming three years to teach in primary and junior
The committee members include representatives middle schools in rural areas. With a focus on schools
from 236 state-owned large-scale enterprises and 210 in poverty-stricken areas, the project aims to improve
private enterprises, of which 32 percent are industrial the quality of education and balance development of
enterprises (Industrial Guidance). education between urban and rural areas (Fan).
China plans to push forward a lifelong professional Online learning is certainly just for the young.
skills training system, as part of efforts to improve Self-empowering through online study by making
the workforce and boost high-quality development. use of small time slots is becoming a trend among
With the goal of promoting employment and young Chinese, as a large number of educational
entrepreneurship, a lifelong professional skills training entrepreneurs venture into e-learning. In 2018, over
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