To deepen China-Africa vocational education cooperation, from April 20 to 28, the school's Party Committee Deputy Secretary and President Xu Jianling led a delegation to visit Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire. The visiting team members included Tang Fei, Director of the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau's Vocational and Lifelong Education Division, the school's Party Committee Member and Organization Department Minister Huang Chuanchuan, Electronic and Communication Engineering College Dean Song Rong, Architecture Engineering College Dean Xie Lijuan, and International Exchange and Cooperation Office Director Wang Bingfeng. This visit promoted exchanges and collaboration between the school and the governments, universities, Chinese embassies abroad, and enterprises in Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire, opening a new chapter in multi-party in-depth cooperation in China-Africa vocational education.

Strengthening Inter-Governmental Cooperation to Build New Bridges for Vocational Education Development

During the visit to Egypt, our school delegation accompanied the Shenzhen delegation to participate in the meeting between Shenzhen's main leaders and the governors of Cairo Province and Luxor Province. Xu Jianling reported on the school's operations in the meeting, focusing on introducing international cooperation projects such as the construction of the Shenzhen Digital Workshop and the promotion of the Shenzhen Agreement, which received high attention and recognition from the local government. During the visit to Côte d'Ivoire, our school delegation, accompanied by the President of the National Institute of Polytechnics of Côte d'Ivoire, Diaby, visited the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and conducted in-depth exchanges with Deputy Director of the Ministerial Committee M. Djimbala, Vamara,

The delegation visits the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d'Ivoire。

Deepen inter-school cooperation, jointly cultivate international high-skilled talents

The important tasks of this visit include deepening cooperation with universities in Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire。In the exchange between our school and Thebes Technical University in Egypt, Xu Jianling introduced in detail the school's practices in digital transformation, the Shenzhen Agreement, international journals, and also visited the school's training rooms for hotel management, furniture, etc。The two sides reached a preliminary consensus on future cooperation, planning to collaborate in areas such as course construction, faculty training, occupational standards development, and student exchanges。

At New Cairo Technical University, the university president Tarek warmly received Xu Jianling and his delegation. The delegation introduced the construction concepts and operation models of the Shenzhen Digital Workshop, the development and promotion of the Shenzhen Agreement, and aspects of international journal publishing. They reached cooperation consensus with New Cairo Technical University on jointly building the Lingnan Craftsman College, Shenzhen Digital Workshop, Shenzhen Agreement, and other aspects. Both sides signed a cooperation agreement to collaborate in multiple areas such as skills training, standards promotion, and teacher-student exchanges。

At the National Polytechnic Institute of Côte d'Ivoire, both sides held a symposium and unveiling ceremony. Xu Jianling and the president of the National Polytechnic Institute of Côte d'Ivoire, Diaby, unveiled the Lingnan Craftsman College and Shenzhen Digital Workshop, and conducted on-site visits to the BIM training room and the works of students jointly trained by the two schools。In recent years of cooperation, three batches of 74 architecture students have come to our school for study, and our school's architecture teaching standards have been highly recognized by the school。Under the guidance of our school, the school has completed the construction of the BIM training room。Next, the two schools will further strengthen cooperation, enhance platform resource sharing, and better promote talent training in the architecture field of the two countries and the promotion of Chinese architecture standards。The school has also planned a dedicated area of approximately 200 square meters to jointly carry out cooperation in areas such as skills training, degree education, and Chinese language learning。

Strengthen exchanges with the embassy, assist schools and enterprises in "going global"

To expand international education cooperation and assist Chinese enterprises in "going global," the delegation successively visited relevant embassies in Africa and held talks with Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Wu Jie and Counselor Lu Chunsheng from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Arab Republic of Egypt. They reported on our school's educational cooperation with the two countries, the promotion of the Shenzhen Agreement, and assistance for Chinese enterprises in "going global," which received high praise and active support from the embassies。Through the talks, the delegation further understood the local political, economic, industrial, and educational situations, laying a good foundation for deepening China-Africa vocational education cooperation。The embassies in Africa indicated that they will provide support and facilitation for our school's international vocational education cooperation projects overseas, assist our school's "going global" projects, and enhance the school's international influence。

Strengthen school-enterprise cooperation and serve the Belt and Road Initiative construction

During this visit, the delegation also visited Chinese enterprises such as Huawei Egypt and the China Aviation International Representative Office in Côte d'Ivoire, and attended the China (Shenzhen) - Egypt (Cairo) Economic and Trade Exchange Conference。The delegation and enterprise representatives conducted in-depth discussions on aspects such as joint talent cultivation, technical cooperation, and training base construction, and reached multiple cooperation intentions。Through close cooperation with enterprises, our school better understands enterprise development needs and will provide customized talent cultivation plans and technical support for enterprises to assist their development in the local area。At the same time, enterprises actively support our school and partner institutions in jointly conducting skills training and standards promotion, promoting the level of international education at the school and achieving mutual benefits for schools and enterprises, providing strong support for vocational education cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative。

Our school's visit to Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire this time has yielded fruitful results and is of great significance。Through extensive exchanges and cooperation with local governments, universities, embassies, and enterprises, the school not only expanded international cooperation channels and enhanced international influence but also contributed the SZPU model to promote international vocational education cooperation。In the future, our school will continue to uphold the concept of open cooperation, with the goals of serving the national diplomatic landscape, promoting international production capacity cooperation, and enhancing the school's international influence. We will deepen exchanges and cooperation with world vocational education to inject new vitality into global vocational education development, providing solid talent guarantees and intellectual support for the Belt and Road Initiative and Chinese enterprises "going global."

(Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire visiting delegation)