The 34th meeting of the 13th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) adopted the newly revised Vocational Education Law. This is the first revision of the law in 26 years. From the aspects of improving the understanding of vocational education, deepening the integration of production and education, school-enterprise cooperation, and improving the guarantee system and measures of vocational education, we will promote the high-quality development of vocational education by legislation. The newly revised Vocational Education Law will be implemented on May 1. What are the highlights of the new vocational education law and what changes will it bring to vocational education? One of the biggest highlights of the newly revised vocational education law is that it is legally determined for the first time that vocational education is an educational type with the same important position as general education. It is clear that students in vocational schools enjoy equal opportunities with students in ordinary schools at the same level in terms of further studies, employment and career development.

In recent years, with the exploration of various policies, the ceiling of vocational education has been broken. 20 19 vocational education undergraduate education began to be piloted. At present, there are 32 undergraduate vocational colleges. According to the national deployment, a number of high-level vocational colleges will be promoted to run undergraduate education well. By 2025, the scale of undergraduate vocational education will be no less than 10%, and the "vocational college entrance examination" based on "skills+theory" will become the main channel for vocational colleges to recruit students. The newly revised Vocational Education Law has raised the equal right of vocational school students to continue education from the policy level to the legal level. It is clearly stipulated that vocational education and general education should be integrated, and vocational education at different levels should be effectively integrated. Higher vocational schools and ordinary institutions of higher learning that implement vocational education should determine the corresponding proportion in the enrollment plan or take separate examinations to recruit vocational school graduates.

Vocational students' right to "further education" has laws to follow, so is the most important export "employment" guaranteed? Is there a difference between going to vocational schools, especially undergraduate vocational education, and ordinary undergraduate courses? Will you face employment discrimination? Let's see how the newly revised vocational education law is guaranteed. The newly revised Vocational Education Law stipulates that people's governments at all levels should create a fair employment environment. The employing unit shall not set conditions that hinder the equal employment and fair competition of vocational school graduates in the application, employment and employment. Organs, institutions and state-owned enterprises should make clear the requirements of technical skills when recruiting and employing technical skills, and regard the level of technical skills as an important condition for recruitment and employment. In the open recruitment of public institutions, positions with vocational skill level requirements can be appropriately reduced. In addition, it is clearly stipulated that the state shall take measures to improve the social status and treatment of technical and skilled personnel.