On the morning of May 21, a 5-member group led by Professor He Mingyou, chief supervisor of Ningbo Polytechnic, visited Shanghai Petrochemical Academy to accelerate the internationalization of chemical vocational education. Along with the group accompanied Chen Liwei, deputy director of vocational education of German Industry and Commerce Greater China. Gao Ju, principal of Shanghai Petrochemical Academy and Huang Hanjun, vice principal, attended the meeting. Teachers from the Principal’s Office, Internationalization Office and Chemical Engineering Department of SPA were present.
At the meeting, Gao Ju extended warm welcome to their coming on behalf of Shanghai Petrochemical Academy. He detailedly introduced the successful experience in running the school via internationalization and shared the current priorities of SPA. He Mingyou expressed thanks to SPA for the warm welcome and hailed the extraordinary achievements SPA has made in internationalization of chemical vocational education. He sincerely expected that vocational schools will deepen cooperation to substantially contribute to boosting the development of regional economy. Chen Liwei elaborated on the differences in vocational education between China and Germany and put forward efficient ways to implement chemical vocational education dual system. All the people present conducted heated communication and exploration on AHK vocational qualification certificate, special competency assessment, AHK Meister training, etc. Consensus was reached on further designing effective measures to practically deepen mutual cooperation and communication.
Prior to the meeting, He Mingyou and his group visited School History Museum, Chemistry and Human Science Gallery, Cross-enterprise Training Center, Chemical Training Building and AHK Sino-German Chemical Vocational Training Base. They had a clearer understanding of SPA’s school-enterprise cooperation, internationalization, construction of training base and management and operation of training facilities, etc.
Accompanied by were Qiu Yaojun, dean of Ningbo Polytechnic, Chen Yadong, director of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering School of Ningbo Polytechnic, Peng Zhenbo, deputy director of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering School of Ningbo Polytechnic, and Shi Haibo, deputy director of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering School of Ningbo Polytechnic.