Recently, the work promotion meeting of "Future Africa: China & Africa Technical and Vocational Education Cooperation Plan" and the inaugural meeting of the China-Africa Technical Cooperation Conference (CATCC) was held simultaneously online and offline in China and relevant member states in Africa.

The meeting's goal was to implement the cooperation initiative put forward by President Xi Jinping at the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Jia Peng, deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and Zaha Faller, secretary-general of the Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (ATUPA), delivered welcome speeches. Yu Yougen, deputy secretary-general of the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) made the keynote speech. Chen Hairong, the vice principal of the Jinhua Polytechnic also participated.

Work promotion meeting of "Future Africa — China & Africa Technical and Vocational Education Cooperation Plan" and the inaugural meeting the CATCC.

With the support of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education, this conference is hosted by CEAIE. Nearly 200 Chinese and foreign representatives gathered on the cloud to discuss the cause of China-Africa Technical and Vocational Education. The attendees were from embassies and consulates in Africa and China, the Provincial Education Departments who first participated in the "Future Africa Plan," the initiating institutions of the plan, and the colleges and universities who are part of the "Future Africa Plan."

The meeting demonstrated the fruitful results of the "Future Africa Plan," announced the official establishment of the CATCC, and released the "Future Africa Plan" and the logo of the conference.

The conference will further condense the consensus on China-Africa vocational education, build a platform, and integrate resources. It is a new milestone for future African projects, and marks a new page for China-Africa vocational education cooperation. As one of the first batch of 14 Chinese pilot colleges and universities in the African plan project, Jinhua Polytechnic has signed a contract with the Rwanda Institute of Technology in 2020.

The content of the agreement includes co-construction of professionalism, co-construction of the Luban workshop, teacher training, standard development, output, and more. The project has already covered the three sub-projects of the China-Africa joint training of applied talents, the capacity building of African vocational colleges, and the China-Africa vocational skill certificate involved in the future Africa plan. Given the achievements in the work of the future Africa plan, our school has successfully joined the CATCC.

为落实习近平主席在中非合作论坛第八届部长级会议上提出的合作倡议，近日，“未来非洲—中非职业教育合作计划”工作推进会暨中非职业教育联合会（CATCC）成立大会以线上线下相结合方式同步在中国和非洲相关成员国举办。

教育部国际合作与交流司副司长贾鹏、非洲技术与应用型大学与学院协会（ATUPA）秘书长扎哈·法勒致欢迎辞，中国教育国际交流协会（CEAIE）副秘书长余有根作主旨报告。学校副校长陈海荣应邀出席会议。

未来非洲—中非职业教育合作计划工作推进会暨中非职业教育联合会成立大会

据悉，本次会议在教育部国际合作与交流司的支持下，由中国教育国际交流协会主办。相关中国驻非使领馆与非洲驻华使领馆、部分未来非洲计划首批中方试点院校所在省教育厅、联合会发起单位、未来非洲计划项目中非方参与院校等近200位中外嘉宾相聚云端，共商中非职教合作事业。

会议展示了未来非洲计划的丰硕成果，宣布中非职业教育联合会正式成立，并发布未来非洲计划及联合会标识。

联合会的成立将进一步凝聚中非职业教育共识、搭建平台、整合资源，是未来非洲项目新的里程碑，也标志着中非职业教育合作翻开了崭新的一页。学校作为非洲计划项目首批14所中方试点院校之一，早在2020年已经与合作校卢旺达理工学院签约，协议内容包括专业共建、共建鲁班工坊、师资培训、标准研制输出等10项，已经涵盖未来非洲计划涉及的中非应用型人才联合培养、非洲职业院校能力建设和中非职业技能等级证书等三个子项目内容。鉴于在未来非洲计划工作中取得的工作成效，我校成功作为发起单位之一正式加入中非职业教育联合会。