Analysis of China's vocational education policy: vocational education enter “the fast lane”

Abstract

China’s vocational education policy is a law formulated in accordance with the constitution to promote the high-quality
development of vocational education, improve the quality and technical skills of workers, promote employment and entrepreneurship, build
a powerful country in education, human resources and skilled society, and promote socialist modernization. China’s Vocational Education
Policy (old) was adopted on May 15, 1996 and came into force on September 1, 1996. 26 years after the promulgation and implementation
of the old law, the 34th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress revised China’s vocational education
policy on April 20, 2022, and the newly revised policy will come into force as of May 1, 2022.
As a national law and policy on vocational education, it took so long to modify it. Why should the old policy be modifi ed compared
with the new policy? What is the defi nition of the development direction of Vocational Education in China? These problems are the problems
that the teaching managers of 12300 Vocational Colleges in China should deeply analyze. From the general direction, China’s vocational
education has entered the “fast lane”. Only with a suffi cient understanding of the Ministry’s policies can the construction and development,
specialty setting, student training goal setting and teacher development of vocational colleges not deviate from the national direction, and the
talent training results can meet the needs of society and enterprises.