On the morning of April 18, 2019, in order to strengthen collaboration and communication and to further accelerate the quality and level of specialty construction, 2019 AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee Conference was grandly held in the Chemical Engineering Training Building of SPA. Chen Liwei, deputy director of Vocational Education of German Industry and Commerce Greater China, was invited to attend the conference. Principal Gao Ju, Party Secretary Lin Guoxin, other school leaders and department leaders of SPA, leaders and representatives from secondary and higher vocational schools from all over the country, and representatives from various renowned enterprises, attended the conference.
First of all, Chen Liwei delivered a welcome speech on behalf of German Industry and Commerce Greater China. She noted that AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee is an important part of Sino-German Vocational Education Committee initiated and established by German Industry and Commerce Greater China. It is also the first specialty construction committee to use Chinese as the first language at conference, which has won high recognition from the German side. Chen Liwei hoped that AHK chemical specialty construction will be further enriched both in type and in level, dock national standards, proactively seek further development, and enhance the quality of chemical vocational education. German Industry and Commerce Greater China will continue to offer conveniences to boost Sino-German communication and cooperation of chemical vocational education and joint operation of the school.
Lin Guoxin extended warmest congratulations to the hosting of the conference and sincerest thanks to AHK and brother schools for their consistent care and support for the development of the school on behalf of SPA. He also promised to provide full support for the work of specialty construction steering committee, give full play to the advantages of all kinds of resources inside and outside the school, and earnestly perform the duties and responsibilities as a leading unit. Meanwhile, SPA will further strengthen communication and cooperation with brother schools, learn from each other, have complementary advantages and jointly make greater contributions to the development of national chemical vocational education, he added.
SPA serving as the chairman unit of AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee, Principal Gao Ju made a keynote speech titled "Proactively Explore Vocational Education New Scopes & Continuously Scale Vocational Education New Heights" on behalf of the base and the committee. Gao Ju reviewed all the information and achievements of AHK Sino-German Chemical Vocational Training Base in detail since its foundation one year ago, from the development and construction of dual system talent cultivation project and the training and certification of AHK Chemical Technologist to the building of AHK device standards, the training of teachers and the influence of localized dual chemical vocational talent cultivation model on various cities and provinces nationwide. In future, SPA will further strengthen the operation and management of the base, optimize the established standards, promote AHK chemical pre-vocational and post-vocational training, strive to accomplish the systematic construction which ranges from chemical technologist to chemical laboratory technician and from AHK special skills to Meister certification, practically improve the level of chemical vocational education and the ability of serving economic and social development. He also hoped that in the following work of the specialty construction committee, all the member units will remain true to their original aspiration, actively apply advanced theory of specialty construction, exert concerted efforts to make top-level design of specialty construction, make revision of talent training plan, compile syllabus of major courses of the specialty, collaborate to construct experimental training bases, and substantially enhance high-level development of chemical specialty construction.
At the conference, the 2nd AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee was declared to be established, including 20 committee members, 6 of whom are new members from Pinghu Vocational Polytechnic School and Maoming Polytechnic. Principal Gao Ju was elected to be chairman of the 2nd AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee. Yan Xiaoli, director of Chemical Engineering Department of SPA, works as the secretary-general of the 2nd AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee. Certificates of employment were presented to the newly-elected members by Chen Liwei on behalf of AHK.
Accompanied by Principal Gao Ju, all the newly-elected members of the 2nd AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee visited the History Museum of SPA and AHK Sino-German Chemical Vocational Training Base. During the visit, the committee members sang highly of the high-quality development of SPA. They also had heated exchanges on training construction, skills competitions and priorities and difficulties in the process of running the school. These dialogues and exchanges greatly enlightened new ideas on how to deepen development in their own schools.
In the afternoon, representatives from Pinghu Vocational Polytechnic School, Chengdu Petrochemical Academy, Central Vocational School of Shouguang, Panjin Vocational and Technical College and Shanghai Petrochemical Academy made speeches on the stage in turn. They shared the experience of AHK Sino-German chemical specialty construction. The international level of specialty construction is bound to be elevated and new strides will be made to bolster chemical vocational education.
AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee plays an irreplaceable role in further advancing international development of chemical specialty, standardizing school teaching management, raising the quality of dual talent cultivation, etc. The successful hosting of the 2nd AHK (China) Chemical Specialty Construction Steering Committee Conference marks a new stage of chemical specialty construction and teaching of SPA, further strengthens cooperation and dialogue among German dual system education, chemical industry and vocational education, firmly provides support for substantially implementing school-enterprise cooperation and international operation of the school, and finally improves the strength and level of running the school.