From April 25 to 28, the annual conference of China-Indonesia Vocational Education Alliance (referred to as the alliance in the following) was successfully held in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Representatives from nearly 100 vocational colleges and enterprises of the two countries attended the meeting. The Indonesian Ambassador to China Mr. Djiuhari Oratmangun, the Indonesian Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Mr. Ir. Kiki Yuliati, the Indonesian Deputy Minister of Human Development and Cultural Affairs Mr. Warsito. DEA, and the Deputy Secretary General of China Education Association for International Exchange Mr. An Yan showed up on the conference. As one of the first members of the alliance, the ZJIET representatives were invited to the conference and to some related visits, where they signed cooperation agreements with two partner schools, namely, Bali National Institute of Technology and Surabaya State Shipping Polytechnic, aiming to promote the high-quality and sustainable development of vocational education in the two countries.
Besides signing the agreements, the ZJIET representatives had in-depth discussions on cooperation programs with the partners, such as jointly training students, teacher visits, student exchange, and credit recognition between schools, reaching multiple cooperation agreements.
During the visit, the ZJIET teachers went to Jakarta National Polytechnic University and Surabaya State Polytechnic Shipping Institute for field trips and exchanges. The president and vice president of SSPSI, leaders of the ZJIET International Exchange Department and relevant departments introduced the general situations in talent training and international exchange in their schools and discussed on some details about the joint-training programs in two major subjects, i.e., international economy & trade and big data finance & accounting. Accompanied by the leaders of the two institutes, the ZJIET teachers also visited the venues for teaching, competition, practical training, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Under the guidance of the clerks from China Education Association for International Exchange and the Indonesian Embassy in China, the alliance was jointly initiated and established by Liuzhou Vocational and Technical College, Liugong Machinery Indonesia Co., LTD., and Srivijaya National Institute of Technology in September 2023. The alliance has been supported by China Education Association for International Exchange and is managed under the framework of China-ASEAN Vocational Education Association. After more than half a year, the alliance has actively tried out the dual-degree cooperation programs with vocational education diplomas being issued by both sides, the integration of the curriculum systems, the mutual recognition of student credits and so on, largely expanding the influence of alliance. At present, nearly 70 Chinese universities, 49 Indonesian public polytechnics and community colleges, more than 10 Indonesian universities and eight Chinese enterprises in Indonesia have joined the alliance.
In the future, ZJIET will continue to deepen the cooperation with member institutes of the alliance besides the teacher and student exchange and the joint-training programs with the two partner institutes, to contribute its wisdom and strength to the high-quality development of integrating vocational education with industries in both China and India, and to add new vitality to the people-to-people exchanges and to the friendship between the two countries.
