Skill power: China′s strategy in the age of vocational education 4.0
GAO Shuguo1,2, ZHANG Zhi2
(1.The Chinese Society of Education, Beijing 100088; 2. National Center for Schooling Development Programme, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100044, China)
Abstract：The vocational education of human society has experienced the development and evolution course from the age of 1.0 of agricultural society to the age of 2.0 of earlier industry society and the age of 3.0 of later industry society. Presently, it is entering the stage of 4.0 of the knowledge society, and Chinese vocational education is entering a new age characterized by skill power. In the era of vocational education 4.0, the world′s major developed countries have actively promoted the process of skill power through the strategy of highly skilled talents, so as to maintain their leading position in vocational education development. However, there are still shortcomings in highly skilled talents′ training and the vocational training system in China. Facing new trends of China′s industrial internet construction and new requirements for promoting economic transformation and upgrading, it is necessary to redesign Chinese framework with right understanding of goals and strategies. On this basis, we could build a modern vocational education training system, promote intelligent and international development of vocational education, fasten the reform of the curriculum system and talent-training model, establish first-class teaching staff, and construct world-class vocational colleges, so as to further develop China into a strong country of skills, vocational education and human resources.
