On Oct. 16, Xu Meiyan, President of YWICC, was invited to attend World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference and delivered a thematic report at the parallel session themed “TVET Supporting High-Quality Development in the Service Sector”.

During the parallel sessions, Ministry of Education released the Action Plan for Vocational Education to Expand Capacity and Improve Quality in the Service Sector. High-skilled talent development will be carried out in eight priority fields suffering from a shortage of skilled workers. Among them, the project for cultivating high-skilled professionals in digital trade under international trade was led by our college, Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group and China General Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, a batch of high-level service-sector vocational education standards with Chinese characteristics were unveiled. Two standards co-led by our college and Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group were officially released: Professional Competence Standard for AI Trainers in Digital Trade and Training Standard for Multi-Agent Collaboration in Digital Trade.

Thematic Exhibition of China’s Vocational Education was held concurrently with the conference.

World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference 2026 was held in Tianjin from October 15 to 17. Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Standing Committee of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony and delivered an address. Huai Jinpeng, Minister of Education, gave a keynote report. 51 foreign guests at or above ministerial level from 41 countries participated in the conference. Centered on the theme “TVET: Co-Embracing Change, Co-Forging Standards, Co-Creating Future”, the conference consisted of five major sessions: the opening ceremony, plenary session, ministerial roundtable, parallel sessions and closing ceremony.