CRRC and Shenzhen Polytechnic focus on tomorrow's technicians

Businesses and vocational schools are determined to pursue integration to drive the reform of vocational education and help train more qualified professionals with vocational skills.

Wang An, Deputy Party Secretary of the CRRC, the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment, said that the corporation will create an integrated community that brings together industry and education, and combines the strengths of vocational schools, scientific and research institutions and businesses.

The CRRC will provide platforms and resources to vocational schools in the community, encourage skilled workers to train and teach at vocational schools, and will invite well-regarded vocational schoolteachers to teach employees, Wang said at a recent news conference organized by the Ministry of Education.

More than 400 CRRC subsidiaries will participate in the community, in addition to its research institute and affiliated vocational school.

Businesses up and downstream of the industrial chain, high-level universities, other vocational schools, research institutes and organizations are also welcome to help create the community.

The CRRC will also work to improve its affiliated school, the Changzhou Railway Higher Vocational and Technical School, and make it an example of the integration of industry and education, Wang said, adding that the corporation will work with other vocational schools to nurture students who will be able to work at the CRRC after graduation.

Xu Jianling, president of Shenzhen Polytechnic said the school will closely follow the trend toward industrial upgrading and technological reform, and make sure its majors are centered around advanced manufacturing and the modern service sector.

It will strengthen cooperation with industry and companies, work with leading businesses to develop new courses and will incorporate new skills, techniques, and standards in classroom teaching, Xu said. It will also invite more master technicians and skilled workers to teach as visiting professors, and improve the abilities of its full-time teachers by making use of the national teaching training platform.

Shenzhen Polytechnic will also accelerate its digital transformation, adapt to smart education, strengthen its immersive and smart technical training system and improve the practical digital skills of its students and teachers, he added.