TVET System Reform and Development in the PRC

Abstract

As the global economy undergoes rapid changes amid technological advances and demographic shifts, many countries in the world have stepped up efforts to strengthen their technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems. The People’s Republic of China (PRC), for instance, has been continuously developing its TVET system in conjunction with these changes. In the 2010s, based on solid legal and policy frameworks and plans, it began to significantly improve access to TVET, maintain high employment rates of TVET graduates, strengthen cooperation between TVET institutions and employers, and promote the development of qualified TVET teaching force and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in TVET. PRC’s decade of reform (2010–2020) has contributed to the development of stronger local TVET systems, especially in advanced eastern provinces, relying on local governments’ supporting policies to systematically involve and coordinate with industry and employers and using technologies in the provision of TVET.