Four education-industry alliances launched in Guiyang

Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, recently launched four education-industry alliances for digital technology, medicine, middle and high-end manufacturing, and data centers.

The alliances are established by government departments, universities, colleges, industrial parks, companies, and industrial associations. They are expected to integrate and allocate Guiyang's higher education resources to form a cooperation system between governments, companies, universities and industrial associations.

The alliances are also expected to improve the quality and competitiveness of Guiyang's higher education, train talent with technological skills, and share educational resources.

All the alliances should share resources between governments, universities, companies and industries, and cooperate in training talent.

That same day, Guiyang launched a project to improve vocational skills and educational degrees. All workers between 16 and 59 years old that are out of school can enjoy online and offline basic education courses and vocational training.

The basic education courses will train less-educated workers in reading, writing and math, and will teach standard spoken and written Chinese to ethnic minorities.

Vocational training will be organized by local government departments and focus on things like the seed and breeding industry, processing and marketing of agricultural products, and rural tourism.