On March 26th, in order to deepen inter-school cooperation and promote the high-quality development of integration of production and education, Zhao Jian, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and president of Shanghai Technical Institute of Electronics & Information, led a team to Shanghai Modern Chemical Industry Vocational College to carry out special research and exchange. The two sides conducted in-depth discussions on core issues such as the integration of production and education, specialty construction, teaching staff cultivation and technical services, aiming at further optimizing the sharing mechanism of vocational education resources and seeking a new path of coordinated development. Gao Ju, Party Secretary of Shanghai Modern Chemical Industry Vocational College, Chen Xiaobin, President of Shanghai Modern Chemical Industry Vocational College, and heads of relevant departments warmly received them.
Gao Ju systematically introduced the development course and characteristics of the school. He pointed out that the school has always adhered to the orientation of serving regional industrial innovation, transformation and upgrading, closely connected with the new industrialized industrial system in Jinshan District, and carefully constructed a characteristic specialty system with modern chemical industry as the leader, new materials & new energy and intelligent manufacturing as the two wings, and safe production and emergency management as the support. Through this system, the school has realized seamless connection between talent training and industrial demand, aiming to deliver a large number of high-quality technical and skilled talents for the industry. Gao Ju emphasized that Shanghai Technical Institute of Electronics & Information is a benchmark school in the field of vocational education in Shanghai and this exchange provided a valuable opportunity for the two schools to complement each other. It is expected that through resource sharing and collaborative innovation, the two schools will jointly create a new paradigm of vocational education cooperation and contribute more to regional economic and social development.
Zhao Jian thanked Shanghai Modern Chemical Industry Vocational College for the warm reception. He introduced the general situation of school development and the new challenges it faces, and especially emphasized that vocational education should keep in mind the mission of serving local economic and social development and further promote the adjustment and optimization of specialty structure. At the same time, it is necessary to increase in-depth cooperation with leading enterprises in the industry, and cultivate a large number of technical talents to meet the market demand through collaborative education projects. Zhao Jian hopes that through this survey, he can learn from the advanced experience of Shanghai Modern Chemical Industry Vocational College in the integration of production and education in the field of modern chemical industry, jointly explore the direction of vocational education reform that meets the needs of industrial upgrading, and promote the high-quality development of vocational education of both sides.
The atmosphere at the meeting was cordial and harmonious, and the two sides exchanged in-depth views on a number of core issues. Regarding the integration of production and education, the two sides shared their experience in building a development community with enterprises and discussed how to more accurately meet the needs of the industry. In terms of specialty construction, both sides focused on the construction of key specialties and the transition of outdated specialties, and discussed the path of artificial intelligence empowering the development of schools and cultivating compound talents. In the field of teaching staff cultivation, the two sides exchanged experiences on standardized management of teachers and improvement of teachers' ability. In the field of technical services, they discussed the scheme of setting up a professional scientific research team to undertake vertical and horizontal projects and building a diversified platform to help SMEs innovate and transform. In addition, the two sides also reached a series of consensus on specific cooperation directions, such as improving the ability of teachers, learning from each other in system construction, and tackling key problems in scientific research projects.
This research activity is an important step to deepen cooperation between the two colleges. Subsequently, the two sides will establish a normalized communication mechanism, refine the cooperation plan, jointly help vocational education and industrial demand to accurately connect, and cultivate more high-quality technical and skilled talents for regional economic and social development.
Xianghong Wang, vice president of Shanghai Technical Institute of Electronics & Information and Dean of Sino-German Engineering College, heads of School of Economics and Management, School Office, Academic Affairs Office, Personnel Office and Scientific Research Office, and relevant departments of both schools participated in the survey.