The Decision points out that accelerating the development of modern vocational education is a major strategic deployment made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, which is of great significance for further implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, creating a greater talent bonus, accelerating the transformation of mode, adjusting structure and promoting upgrading. With the rapid development of vocational education and the steady progress of system construction in China, a large number of middle and senior skilled talents have been trained, which has made important contributions to improving the quality of workers, promoting economic and social development and promoting employment. China's development is still in an important period of strategic opportunities. We must put accelerating the development of modern vocational education in a more prominent strategic position, promote economic upgrading and efficiency upgrading, and meet the diversified needs of people's production and life.
The "Decision" proposes to firmly establish the important position of vocational education in the national talent training system, take service development as the purpose, promote employment as the guidance, adapt to the needs of technological progress, changes in production methods and social public services, and cultivate hundreds of millions of high-quality workers and technical and technical talents. First, speed up the construction of a modern vocational education system. Coordinate the development of all kinds of vocational education at all levels, guide a group of ordinary undergraduate colleges to transform into applied technology-oriented colleges, strengthen the communication between vocational education and general education, actively develop continuing education, open up the ascending channel from secondary vocational schools, junior colleges, undergraduate courses to graduate students, and build an "overpass" for students to choose and become talents in multiple ways. The second is to stimulate the vitality of vocational education. Give full play to the role of market mechanism, guide all sectors of society, especially industrial enterprises, to actively support and participate in vocational education, stimulate the vitality of school development, and improve the modern school system. The third is to improve the quality of personnel training. Deepen the integration of production and education, school-enterprise cooperation and work-study combination, promote the connection between specialty setting and industrial demand, curriculum content and professional standards, teaching process and production process, graduation certificate and vocational qualification certificate, vocational education and lifelong learning, improve the quality of personnel training and strengthen the accumulation of technical skills in vocational education. The fourth is to improve the level of development security. Give full play to the role of the government in ensuring basic conditions and promoting fairness, improve the mechanism of stable capital investment, increase support for rural and poverty-stricken areas, and improve employment and employment security policies. The fifth is to strengthen organizational leadership. Strengthen supervision and evaluation, and reduce interference in specific affairs of school education and teaching. Guide the whole society to establish the concept of respecting labor, knowledge, technology and innovation, and promote the formation of a social atmosphere of "advocating skills, not just academic qualifications".