On March 4, 2021, Li Wei, Deputy Inspector of Shanghai Education and Health Work Party Committee, and leaders from Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Development and Reform Committee, Municipal Education Committee came to Shanghai Petrochemical Academy to conduct research and investigation on the construction of higher vocational school. Zhang Difang, deputy chief of Jinshan District, Gu Hongwei, Party chief of Jinshan Education Work Party Committee, Zheng Ying, director of Jinshan Education Bureau were at the attendance. Concerned personnel from Planning Division, Higher Vocational Education Division, Vocational Education Division, Personnel Division, Finance Division of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee and District Party Committee, Development and Reform Committee, Education Bureau, Finance Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Jinshan District and leaders and teachers of Shanghai Petrochemical Academy joined the activity.
Li Wei introduced the new round of action plan of Shanghai vocational education high-quality development and highly hailed and explicitly supported the innovative strategy of constructing a higher vocational school in Jinshan. She expected that under the guidance of the standards of construction of national higher vocational education, all details of construction should be pragmatically planned and implemented to continuously optimize Shanghai modern vocational education system and to better provide talent and intellectual support for regional economic development.
On behalf of Jinshan district, Zhang Difang expressed heartfelt thanks to the inspection group. She clearly expressed firm support for the construction of higher vocational school, which is not only listed into the 14th Five-Year Plan of Jinshan Education but also one of the priorities of designated work group of Jinshan People's Government. It is expected that under the firm and strong support of Shanghai Education and Health Work Party Committee and Shanghai Municipal Education Committee, the construction and implementation of Jinshan new higher vocational school will be carried out substantially, new methods of promoting higher quality vocational education will be explored and the goal of practically serving the healthy and sustainable regional socioeconomic development will be achieved.
At the seminar, Shanghai Petrochemical Academy reported on the construction plan of higher vocational school and introduced specialties construction and development plan of the higher vocational school to be built. Xue Mingyang, expert of senior title review committee of National Education Ministry, then Party chief of Shanghai Education and Health Work Party Committee and then director of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee, fully recognized the innovative philosophy of new higher vocational education and put forward prosperous expectations for school-running features and future master plan. Zhang Minxuan, expert of senior title review committee of National Education Ministry and then deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Education Committee, put forward valuable guiding recommendations on ten key aspects of the construction of new higher vocational school.
Prior to the seminar, the inspection group meticulously visited School History Museum, Cross-enterprise Training Center, Electromechanical Training Building and Chemical Engineering Training Building to know more about the implementation of school-enterprise cooperation and production-education combination and the operation and management of training bases and facilities.
The field trip that Shanghai Education and Health Work Party Committee paid this time marks the expedited stage of implementation of construction of the higher vocational school and a firm breakthrough step toward the building of Jinshan new style higher vocational school.