Establishment of the National “Three Tea” Integrated Industry-Education Community. (Photo provided by Ningde Vocational and Technical College)
The third integrated industry-education community in the tea industry has been established.
Recently, the National “Three Tea” Integrated Industry-Education Community was officially established at Ningde Vocational and Technical College. This follows the establishment of the National Tea Industry Integrated Industry-Education Community at Guangxi Vocational and Technical College in September last year, and the National Tea Culture and Industry Development Integrated Industry-Education Community at Ya’an Vocational and Technical College in December. It is the third national-level integrated industry-education community in the tea sector, marking the accelerated establishment of such communities under the guidance of the “One Body, Two Wings, and Five Priorities” goals of the national vocational education reform.
China Cooperation Times \u00b7 Tea Weekly All-Media has learned that the National “Three Tea” Integrated Industry-Education Community was jointly led by Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Ningde Vocational and Technical College, and Fujian Pinpinxiang Tea Co., Ltd. It was initiated in collaboration with government departments, tea enterprises, universities, research institutes, and industry associations. Member units include 7 undergraduate universities, 17 vocational colleges, 4 research institutes, 5 industry associations, and 36 enterprises from 15 provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Fujian. The community aims to integrate resources from government, industry, enterprises, universities, and research institutes to promote the coordinated development of “tea culture, the tea industry, and tea science and technology” alongside the deep integration of vocational education. The goal is to accelerate the convergence of vocational and general education, industry and education, and science and education, exploring optimal paths for the high-quality development of the national tea industry and the improvement of vocational education quality.
During the conference, a symposium on the high-quality development of “Three Tea” coordination was held. Government leaders, experts, and representatives of the community discussed topics such as reflections on developing “new quality productive forces” in the tea industry and promoting the integrated development of the tea industry through “Three Tea” coordination. They engaged in in-depth discussions on how to fully release the immense potential of industry-education integration to jointly cultivate tea industry talent with innovative spirit and practical capabilities, empowering the high-quality development of the tea industry.
Unblocking the “Bloodlines” of Industry, Academia, and Research to Boost Tea Industry Upgrading
Currently, the prominent issues hindering the transformation and upgrading of China’s tea industry include weak innovation capabilities, a structural mismatch in industry position capabilities, and a failure to organically link the education and talent chains with the industry chain.<\/p>\n
Tea masters from the Dianhong Group provide guidance on tea-making techniques to students from Lincang Agricultural School participating in the “2022 National Vocational College Skills Competition (Secondary Vocational Group) Manual Tea Making Event.” (Photo provided by Yunnan Dianhong Group Co., Ltd.)
As the type of education most closely linked to socio-economic development, deepening industry-education integration and promoting the organic connection between professional, talent, and industry chains are of great significance for enhancing the adaptability of vocational education, improving educational quality, and serving the transformation and upgrading of regional economies. From November 2013, when “industry-education integration” was first proposed in the “Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Several Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform,” to the 2017 “Several Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening Industry-Education Integration,” and the 2019 “Implementation Plan for National Vocational Education Reform” which called for “deepening industry-education integration and school-enterprise cooperation,” and the “Implementation Plan for National Industry-Education Integration Construction Pilot” in the same year which specified concrete measures; then to the 2022 “Vocational Education Law of the People’s Republic of China,” where 36 legal articles involve industry-education integration, and the 2022 “Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Modern Vocational Education System Construction,” and finally the 2023 “Implementation Plan for the Action to Empower and Enhance Industry-Education Integration in Vocational Education (2023\u20132025).” These seven national-level policies mark the preliminary establishment of China’s policy system for industry-education integration in vocational education.<\/p>\n
Students from Guangxi Vocational and Technical College participating in the 2021 Guangxi Vocational Education Activity Week. Photo by Gu Nengping.
Industry-education integration is not only a basic principle of vocational education but also the only way to achieve high-quality development in the new era. Industry-education integration refers to the unification of industry and education, creating a state of mutual interdependence. This involves not only talent cultivation but also basic research, technology transfer, and various other aspects. Industry-education integration requires teachers and students from vocational colleges to undertake internships where they can “smell the gunpowder, hear the gunfire, and see the battlefield.”
Chen Jianhua, Party Committee Secretary of Ningde Vocational and Technical College, which serves as the secretariat for the National “Three Tea” Integrated Industry-Education Community, stated that the school will strengthen coordination and close cooperation with all parties to jointly build, develop, and utilize the community. This will ensure a precise match between the talent cultivation of institutions and the talent needs of enterprises, promote coordinated technical innovation, serve industry upgrading, and increase the talent support and core competitiveness of tea enterprises, truly achieving a “shared bloodline” between industry, academia, and research. Such an establishment is not a result of a sudden whim or a blind rush, but a high-quality construction based on regional advantages and urgent industry needs, aiming to cultivate application-oriented talent that meets the requirements of the industry and enterprises.
Published by: China Cooperation Times \u00b7 Tea Weekly All-Media<\/p>\n
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