Vocational training prioritized

President: China willing to step up mutual learning

China actively promotes the high-quality development of vocational education and supports communication and cooperation between China and other countries in the sector, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Xi made the remarks in a congratulatory letter sent to the first World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference, which is being held online and on-site in the northern coastal city of Tianjin till Saturday.

Vocational education is closely associated with socioeconomic development and is of great importance in boosting employment and entrepreneurship and improving people's livelihoods, he said in the letter.