On the morning of March 2, Zhu Xiaodan, governor of Guangdong Province, met with Prof. Czarnetzki and Prof. Buckermann, vice chancellors of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences of Germany to discuss and promote issues on cooperation in school running.

 

Zhu first welcomed German guests. He said the “dual system” vocational education university, jointly established by Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, as a representative university of “dual-system” of Germany, and Guangdong University of Technology, will be the first cooperation project in school running jointly funded with foreign university of applied sciences of Guangdong Province and China as well. Guangdong is at the key stage of accelerating industrial transformation and upgrade and is in great need of skilled talents, including technical workers, technicians, and engineers. It is expected that Guangdong can learn from the “dual system” vocational education mode and industrial development experience of Germany, and reproduce the vocational education concepts and school running mode in Guangdong so as to continuously improve the higher vocational education quality and foster more high-tech skilled talents for the industrial transformation and upgrade of Guangdong. Zhu hopes that with concerted efforts of both parties, Guangdong can establish a R&D cooperation base for the industrial application, and play a demonstration and leading role in Guangdong and China as well, and make the project a highlight of Sino-Garman cooperation. The provincial government will pool all resources to accelerate cooperation in school running.

 

Prof. Czarnetzki praised highly of Guangdong’s efforts of vigorously promoting the higher vocational education concept and practices. He said the “dual system” vocational education has a promising development prospect. Esslingen University of Applied Sciences is willing to, on the basis of this cooperation program, continuously explore cooperation fields and take part in the industrial upgrade of Guangdong and promote cooperation and development of industries of both countries.

 

Source: www.gz.gov.cn, March 5, 2015