Vocational training is an educational and training activity aimed at cultivating and improving the quality and vocational ability of employed and on-the-job workers who directly meet the needs of economic and social development. Its meaning: ① it is a kind of labor resource development activity with workers as the specific object; (2) It is a kind of directional training, which aims to directly meet the specific needs of social and economic development; (3) Usually, standardized training is conducted according to the national vocational classification and vocational skill standards.

The types of vocational training include skills training, labor preparation system training, re-employment training and enterprise staff training. According to the vocational skills standards, the training levels are divided into primary, intermediate, advanced vocational training and other adaptive training. The training work is mainly undertaken by vocational training institutions such as technical schools, employment training centers, consulting companies and social forces.

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1. Technical school Technical school is the main base for training technical and skilled talents. The enrollment targets are mainly junior high school graduates with a three-year academic system. Technical schools combine teaching practice with scientific research and production. After decades of reform and development, technical schools have formed a multi-level, multi-functional and diversified vocational training system combining junior high school advanced training with vocational qualification certificate education, covering nearly 30 departments and systems such as chefs, West Point, machinery, electronics, aviation, electric power, petroleum, metallurgy, railways and computers. 198 There were 4,362 technical schools in China, with students 18 1000 and 680,000 graduates. Among them, there are 266 national and key technical schools and 63 senior technical schools.

2. Employment Training Employment Training Center is an important base for training the unemployed. Its training targets are mainly unemployed youth and unemployed workers. Employment training centers organize pre-job training and job-transfer training, mostly focusing on practical skills and adaptability training, with flexible academic system ranging from 1-3 months to 6- 12 months. There are employment training centers all over the country, which organize 1 10,000 person-times of training every year.

3. Running schools by social forces Running schools by social forces is a training institution organized by enterprises, social organizations, other social organizations and individual citizens for the society by using non-state financial education funds. Social forces mainly implement employment-oriented vocational qualification training, technical level training and vocational skills training. There are more than 20,000 schools run by such social forces in China, and the annual training capacity exceeds100,000 people.