On November 6, the 2025 China-Africa Vocational Education Cooperation Dialogue and Annual Meeting of the China-Africa Vocational Education Federation were held in Jinhua, Zhejiang. The annual meeting was co-hosted by the Jinhua Municipal People's Government and the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, under the guidance of CEAIE and AAUTIC. With the theme "Deepening Industry-Education Integration, Building a China-Africa Vocational Education Community," the conference brought together over 200 representatives from Chinese and African government departments, the United Nations, vocational education institutions, and industry enterprises to discuss new pathways for China-Africa vocational education cooperation. Yang Jun, Secretary-General of CEAIE; Li Hongdong, First-Level Research Fellow of the Comprehensive Reform Division of the Ministry of Education's Department of Vocational and Adult Education; Zaha Fellah, Secretary-General of AAUTIC; Gilles Fagninou, Regional Director of the West and Central Africa Regional Office of UNICEF; and relevant leaders from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education and the Jinhua Municipal People's Government attended the meeting. Wei Ping, Member of the Party Committee and Vice President of NJUIT, was invited to attend and participated in the results release session.
At the meeting, Zaha Fellah, Secretary-General of AAUTIC, presented plaques for "China-Africa Vocational Education Cooperation Featured Projects" to NJUIT and other selected institutions.
As the secretariat unit of the Future Africa — China-Africa Vocational Education Cooperation Initiative Results Promotion Working Group, a responsible official from NJUIT's International Education College reported on annual work progress at the Future Africa Initiative Chinese Members Work Promotion Meeting.
In recent years, the national Belt and Road Initiative has accelerated, and China-Africa friendly cooperation has deepened continuously. As the first public vocational undergraduate institution in the country, NJUIT has actively responded to the call of the times and shouldered the mission of national and Jiangsu vocational education development. Leveraging its strengths and distinctive features in vocational education, the university has vigorously developed cooperation with Africa, making concerted efforts in both "bringing in" and "going out." It has given full play to its professional advantages, optimized cooperation mechanisms, and jointly built China-Africa people-to-people exchange brands, achieving remarkable results at multiple levels. The university has not only trained a large number of high-quality technical and skilled professionals for African countries but also opened up broad avenues for China-Africa vocational education exchange and cooperation, promoting people-to-people exchanges and mutual understanding between China and Africa, and better serving the development of bilateral relations.
Since 2018, NJUIT has cooperated with DHET and LGSETA to actively carry out the Study and Internship Program in China for South African Students, receiving 128 students from South Africa in three cohorts. In 2023, under the guidance of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, the Foreign Affairs Office of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, and DHET, NJUIT took the lead in establishing the Jiangsu-South Africa Vocational College Principals Alliance. The alliance brings together 11 universities from Jiangsu and 8 from South Africa, creating an important exchange platform for vocational institutions in both countries. In 2024, the Jiangsu-Africa Vocational Education Cooperation Exchange Meeting was successfully held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. At the meeting, NJUIT's South Africa Branch was officially inaugurated. The university also signed a China-Africa vocational education cooperation memorandum with AAUTIC and a new energy vehicle industry vocational training cooperation memorandum with the Federal Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute of Ethiopia. In the same year, the annual meeting of the Jiangsu-South Africa Vocational College Principals Alliance and the "Study in Jiangsu" Education Exhibition were successfully held in Pretoria, South Africa, and the Future Africa Initiative Youth Camp opened at NJUIT. This year, the launch ceremony of the China-South Africa International Scholarship Program and the 2025 opening ceremony were successfully held at NJUIT. More than 200 South African students received the China-South Africa International Scholarship to study in China. In recognition of these efforts, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, AAUTIC, and DHET-LGSETA sent letters of appreciation.
11月6日，2025年中非职业教育合作对话暨中非职业教育联合会年会在浙江金华举办。本次年会在中国教育国际交流协会、非洲技术与应用型大学和学院协会的指导支持下，由金华市人民政府和浙江省教育厅联合主办。会议以“深化产教融合，建设中非职教共同体”为主题，汇聚了来自中国与非洲国家政府部门、联合国、职教院校、行业企业的200余名代表，共商中非职业教育合作新路径。中国教育国际交流协会秘书长杨军、教育部职业教育与成人教育司综合改革处一级调研员李红东、非洲技术与应用型大学和学院协会秘书长扎哈·法勒、联合国儿童基金会西非和中非区域办事处区域主任吉勒·法尼努以及浙江省教育厅、金华市人民政府等有关领导出席会议。我校党委常委、副校长魏萍受邀参会并参与成果发布环节。
会上，非洲技术与应用型大学和学院协会秘书长扎哈·法勒向我校等入选单位授予“中非职业教育合作特色项目”牌匾。
我校作为未来非洲—中非职业教育合作计划成果宣传工作组秘书处单位，国际教育学院负责同志在未来非洲计划中方成员工作推进会上汇报了年度工作情况。
近年来，国家“一带一路”倡议加速发展，中非友好合作关系不断深化。作为全国首家公办职业本科院校，我校积极响应时代号召，勇担国家和江苏职业教育发展使命，凭借自身在职业教育领域的优势与特色，大力开展对非合作，在“引进来”和“走出去”两方面双向发力，充分发挥专业优势，优化合作机制，共同打造中非人文交流品牌，在多个层面取得了令人瞩目的成果，不仅为非洲国家培养了大量高素质技术技能人才，也为中非职业教育交流与合作开辟了广阔道路，促进了中非人文交流与民心相通，更好服务中国与非洲双边关系发展。
自2018年起，我校与南非高等教育与培训部、南非地方政府培训署展开合作，积极开展南非学生来华学习实习项目，接收来自南非的3批次共128名学生。2023年，在江苏省教育厅、江苏省人民政府外事办公室和南非高等教育和培训部的指导下，我校牵头成立“江苏—南非职业院校校长联盟”。该联盟汇聚了江苏11所高校和南非8所高校，为中南两国职业院校搭建了重要的交流平台。2024年，“江苏—非洲职业教育合作交流会”在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴顺利举办。会上，我校南非分校正式揭牌成立，并与非洲技术与应用型大学与学院协会签署中非职教合作备忘录、与埃塞俄比亚联邦职业技术培训学院签署新能源汽车产业职业培训合作备忘录。同年，江苏—南非职业院校校长联盟年会暨“留学江苏”教育展在南非比勒陀利亚成功举办，“未来非洲计划青年营”活动在我校开营。今年，中国—南非国际奖学金项目启动仪式暨2025级开学典礼在我校圆满举行，共有200余名南非留学生获得中国-南非国际奖学金来华学习。为此，江苏省教育厅、非洲技术与应用型大学和学院协会以及南非高教部地方政府培训署专门致函表示感谢。
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