Jiaxing Vocational and Technical College was established on 1999 on the basis of Zhejiang Jiaxing Agricultural School founded by 1950 and Jiaxing Silk Industry School founded by 1985. In 2002, it was formally established with the approval of Zhejiang Provincial People's Government.

Its predecessor can be traced back to 1897 Zhejiang Sericulture Science Museum. The college now covers an area of more than 830 mu, with a total school area of nearly 250,000 square meters. The library has a total collection of more than 2.46 million books (including 460,000 paper books), more than 420 faculty members and more than 9,200 full-time students. At present, the college has nearly 30 majors (directions) such as landscape technology, horticulture technology, biotechnology, environmental monitoring and treatment technology, food and drug monitoring and management, animal disease and quarantine, electromechanical, information and business management.

With the correct leadership and strong support of the provincial and municipal Party committees and governments and the education authorities, the college has started a second venture and developed rapidly, striving to build it into a first-class higher vocational college with multi-wings, networking, application and innovation, distinctive school-running characteristics, excellent campus education environment, superior education and teaching conditions, excellent personnel training quality, outstanding social service ability and remarkable radiation-driven effect.