侨音频道 Xi emphasizes vital role of vocational education

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President Xi Jinping has highlighted the importance of accelerating the development of a modern vocational education system and cultivating more high-caliber technical professionals as China moves toward socialist modernization.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, underlined the promising future and greater potential of vocational education in an instruction published on Tuesday.

He urged steady progress in developing undergraduate programs for vocational education, building a group of top-notch vocational institutions and programs, promoting the integration between vocational and general education and making vocational education more adaptive.

It is important to adhere to the Party's leadership, follow the correct path of running schools, persist in fostering virtues through education and refine the orientation of vocational education, he said.

He called for steps to deepen the integration of vocational education with industries, promote cooperation between colleges and businesses and move forward with reform in training and schooling models, as well as management and support mechanisms.

Party committees and government departments at various levels must enhance institutional innovation and scale up policy support and investment to give play to fine workmanship and lift the social status of technical professionals, he said.

In doing so, strong talent and skills support can be provided for the building of a modern socialist China and the realization of the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation, he added.

Premier Li Keqiang said in an instruction that it is important to focus on serving the nation's modernization drive and promoting high-quality development in striving to develop a high-level technical talent training system.

Aiming at the forefront of technological change and industrial upgrading, more efforts are needed to attract more young people to vocational education, Li said.

It is important to boost the competence of educators and educational conditions, improve teaching materials and ways of teaching and explore the development of an apprenticeship system with Chinese characteristics, he said.

The instructions came as a national conference on vocational education was held in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday.

Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan said at the conference that the nation should accelerate the development of a modern vocational education system, bolster the quality of training and improve the treatment of professional talents.

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习近平对职业教育工作作出重要指示

中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平近日对职业教育工作作出重要指示强调，在全面建设社会主义现代化国家新征程中，职业教育前途广阔、大有可为。要坚持党的领导，坚持正确办学方向，坚持立德树人，优化职业教育类型定位，深化产教融合、校企合作，深入推进育人方式、办学模式、管理体制、保障机制改革，稳步发展职业本科教育，建设一批高水平职业院校和专业，推动职普融通，增强职业教育适应性，加快构建现代职业教育体系，培养更多高素质技术技能人才、能工巧匠、大国工匠。各级党委和政府要加大制度创新、政策供给、投入力度，弘扬工匠精神，提高技术技能人才社会地位，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家、实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦提供有力人才和技能支撑。

中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理李克强作出批示指出，职业教育是培养技术技能人才、促进就业创业创新、推动中国制造和服务上水平的重要基础。近些年来，各地区各相关部门认真贯彻党中央、国务院决策部署，推动职业教育发展取得显著成绩。要坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，着眼服务国家现代化建设、推动高质量发展，着力推进改革创新，借鉴先进经验，努力建设高水平、高层次的技术技能人才培养体系。要瞄准技术变革和产业优化升级的方向，推进产教融合、校企合作，吸引更多青年接受职业技能教育，促进教育链、人才链与产业链、创新链有效衔接。加强职业学校师资队伍和办学条件建设，优化完善教材和教学方式，探索中国特色学徒制，注重学生工匠精神和精益求精习惯的养成，努力培养数以亿计的高素质技术技能人才，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家提供坚实的支撑。

全国职业教育大会4月12日至13日在京召开，会上传达了习近平重要指示和李克强批示。中共中央政治局委员、国务院副总理孙春兰出席会议并讲话。她指出，要深入贯彻习近平总书记关于职业教育的重要指示，落实李克强总理批示要求，坚持立德树人，优化类型定位，加快构建现代职业教育体系。要一体化设计中职、高职、本科职业教育培养体系，深化“三教”改革，“岗课赛证”综合育人，提升教育质量。要健全多元办学格局，细化产教融合、校企合作政策，探索符合职业教育特点的评价办法。各地各部门要加大保障力度，提高技术技能人才待遇，畅通职业发展通道，增强职业教育认可度和吸引力。

国务委员兼国务院秘书长肖捷主持会议。国家发展改革委、财政部、人力资源社会保障部、山东、江苏、江西、甘肃、中华职教社、中车集团、华为技术有限公司有关负责同志作大会发言。

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来源｜中国日报