Dalian fosters vocational training development

Deputy urges cultivating skilled workers through industry-education cooperation

China is working to better integrate vocational and general education as part of a broader effort to cultivate more high-quality technical and skilled workers, with provinces deepening industry-education cooperation in recent years.

"Developing vocational education and cultivating technically skilled workers that match society's production needs is a practical task," said Wang Qiyao, a deputy to the National People's Congress and head of the Standing Committee of the Dalian Municipal People's Congress in Liaoning province.

Wang called for accelerating the integration of vocational and general education, improving the vocational education talent training system and providing students with more diverse pathways for growth and development.