On October 20, as part of the 2026 China-Africa Economic, Trade and Cultural Series of Events, 2026 China-Africa TVET Cooperation Dialogue was successfully held in Jinhua. Centered on the theme “Mechanism, System and Development — A New Model of China-Africa Vocational Education Cooperation via ‘One Province Partnering with One African Country’”, the Dialogue was co-hosted by the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province and the Jinhua Municipal People’s Government, and jointly undertaken by Jinhua University of Vocational Technology and Yiwu Industrial & Commercial College. More than 150 representatives from educational authorities, vocational colleges, research institutions and enterprises of China and Africa gathered in Jinhua. Within the framework of South-South and tripartite cooperation in vocational education, they exchanged views and conducted in-depth discussions on the cooperation mechanism, implementation approaches and value objectives of the “One Province Partnering with One African Country” model, to explore practical pathways for pragmatic China-Africa cooperation in vocational education.

As an important part of 2026 China-Africa TVET Cooperation Dialogue, a delegation led by Paul Umukunzi, Director General of the Rwanda Technical and Vocational Education Board, visited our college on October 21. The delegation toured the college’s Digital Trade Training Base and Multilingual Cross-border Live-streaming Center to learn about our college’s educational features and achievements in digital trade talent cultivation, practical teaching of cross-border e-commerce and operation of multilingual cross-border live-streaming. They also observed two classes on-site: Cross-border E-commerce Practices and Cross-border E-commerce Entrepreneurship Practice.