1. Promote economic development: Vocational education cultivates practical and applied skilled personnel, which can meet the employment needs of various industries and provide a labor force that adapts to the market. By providing high-quality vocational education, the country can cultivate more skilled talents and promote industrial upgrading and economic development.

2. Solve the employment problem: Vocational education focuses on cultivating students' practical work ability and vocational skills, so that they have better employment competitiveness. With the transformation of economic structure and the change of employment situation, vocational education can provide more employment opportunities and help graduates to find jobs and start businesses better.

3. Narrowing the talent supply and demand gap: Developing vocational education can better meet the talent demand of different industries and regions and narrow the talent supply and demand gap. Adjusting the professional setting and curriculum content of vocational education according to market demand can better cultivate talents that meet market demand and improve the quality and quantity of talent supply.

4. Promote social equity and optimal allocation of human resources: Vocational education provides diversified educational choices and opportunities, which can enable more people to receive high-quality education and improve their vocational ability and employment opportunities.

Characteristics of vocational education

1. Focus on practical skills: Vocational education focuses on cultivating students' practical vocational skills and practical knowledge. Compared with academic education, it pays more attention to the cultivation of professional practice and professional ability, so that students can be competent for related professional posts in practical work.

2. Closely integrated with industrial demand: the development of vocational education is closely related to industrial development. According to the employment needs and skills requirements of all walks of life, corresponding majors and courses are set up to ensure that the students have professional skills that meet the market demand.

3. Practice-oriented: Vocational education emphasizes applying what you have learned and pays attention to the cultivation of students' practical ability. Students exercise and apply the skills they have learned through practical activities such as internship, training and project cases, so as to improve their professional quality and practical work ability.