The society is changing, so is the demand for vocational education. Some traditional jobs and occupations are dying out. Other new technologies and jobs have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, such as computer network, information technology, wireless communication, multimedia and graphic design. Even some seemingly traditional jobs require employees to master computer technology and analytical skills.

In this case, on the one hand, vocational education should strengthen the continuing education of the existing labor force so that they can adapt to social progress and changes in the nature of work; On the other hand, we should reform education to cultivate a new generation of labor force.

Modern vocational education attaches great importance to general education in the reform. General education here includes literature and humanities, mathematics and natural science, and social science. On the one hand, vocational education has laid a broader foundation for students' general education than before. On the other hand, we have relaxed the scope of professional skills training, which not only enables students to master the professional skills that adapt to today's society, but also enables students to have the ability of lifelong learning, and can continuously improve their professional skills, flexibly adjust themselves and think independently after leaving school. Only in this way can we cope with an open society and a talent market that changes much faster than before in a broader way.