Recently, the 2025 China-ASEAN Vocational Education Federation Annual Conference was held during the China-ASEAN Education Exchange Week. Themed “Building an ASEAN Vocational Education Community and Setting a Model for Asian Vocational Education Cooperation,” the conference brought together over 180 representatives from member institutions of the federation, as well as education authorities, institutions, and industry enterprises from China and ASEAN countries, to explore new pathways for vocational education collaboration.
At the conference, NJITT was successfully selected as part of the third batch of “China-ASEAN Outstanding Vocational Education Partners” through its deep collaborations with Brunei’s Laksamana College of Business (LCB), the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education and Training (SEAMEO VOCTECH), and Muara Port Company (MPC) of the Beibu Gulf International Port Group. This recognition highlights the college’s exceptional achievements in ASEAN vocational education cooperation.
Soufri Ali, Deputy Director of SEAMEO VOCTECH, a partner of our college, delivered a keynote report in which he systematically outlined the overall collaboration between China and ASEAN countries in vocational education and training. He highlighted the overseas training programs conducted by NJITT in Brunei, acknowledging their positive impact on local skilled talent development.
Ms. YUAN Qian from NJITT participated in the thematic seminar on the outcomes of the “China-ASEAN Outstanding Vocational Education Partners” initiative. From four dimensions—“platform technology compatibility, standard cognitive differences, teaching philosophy and cultural barriers, as well as collaboration costs and incentive mechanisms,” she analyzed the bottlenecks in resource co-construction and faculty integration within current overseas cooperation projects. She also shared targeted solutions from Nanjing Vocational Institute of Transport Technology.
