On May 1 1, the Ministry of Education officially issued the Letter of the General Office of the Ministry of Education on Publishing the Record List of College-level Ordinary Colleges and Adult Colleges and Universities, and on May 202 1 published the Record List of College-level Ordinary Colleges and Adult Colleges and Universities approved by the provincial people's government. Among them, there are six new higher vocational colleges in Guangdong Province. In the list of newly added universities in 20021Guangdong, we can see that there are five public universities and only one private university.

Of the six newly-built higher vocational colleges, four are located in the eastern and western regions of Guangdong Province. This establishment further fills the shortcomings of the development of higher education in our province and optimizes the layout structure of higher education. In addition, the new campuses of five undergraduate colleges and universities, including Shanwei Campus of South China Normal University, Jieyang Campus of Guangdong University of Technology, Yangjiang Campus of Guangdong Ocean University, Qingyuan Campus of Guangdong University of Finance and East Campus of Shantou University, will also be completed, and the first phase will be completed. 1 1 new colleges and universities (campuses) will recruit students to achieve full coverage of undergraduate and higher vocational colleges in our province. Further expanding space will help build a new development pattern of "one core, one belt and one district", promote coordinated regional development at a higher level, and make new contributions and provide new impetus for Guangdong to stay at the forefront of the country in the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

Recently, the construction of various projects in the provincial vocational education city area of Qingyuan City is in full swing. All the major venues of the Olympic Sports Center have entered the stage of transformation, and the prototype of "Phoenix" has appeared.

On May 1 1, the prototype of "Phoenix" appeared in Qingyuan Olympic Sports Center. Photo courtesy of respondents

Not far from the north side of the Olympic Sports Center, the construction of Guangqing Intercity North Extension Station started in September last year, and the second phase of the provincial vocational education city opposite Huancheng East Road was stepped up. The leap from "base" to "new city" is Qingyuan's efforts to build a strong vocational education city at the provincial level.

According to the draft concept plan of Guangdong Vocational Education City published by official website of Qingyuan Natural Resources Bureau, the provincial vocational education city with an area of about 50 square kilometers covers the Olympic Sports Center, Hutouling Mountain Park, characteristic towns, industrial service belts and other supporting facilities. In the future, there will be 24 colleges and universities with a permanent population of 550,000-600,000, including 250,000-260,000 students.

With the orderly advancement of key projects such as the Olympic Sports Center, major schools and tourist avenues, the "new town" of the provincial vocational education city area has gradually emerged.

regional planning

Comprehensively improve the city's functions and let the talent dividend be released locally.

According to the draft concept plan of Guangdong Vocational Education City, the provincial vocational education city is planned as a functional structure of "one core, one axis, one ring, five cores and five groups".

"One Core" refers to the combination of Hutouling Mountain Park to create a green center in the center of the park and make it an ecological base of vocational education city.

"One axis" is a continuation of the general axis of urban development, relying on the function of qinghui Road to gather cities, to build the axis of urban development.

"One ring" is to build an inter-school service ring around the ecological space inside and outside the vocational education group, connecting various functional areas in series.

"Two cores" is to combine light rail stations to create a town where production and education are integrated, and radiation will drive the surrounding development.

"Five groups" is the layout of five vocational education groups, which is formed by combining the natural landscape characteristics of "mountains, water, forests, fields and lakes".

Functional structure diagram of conceptual planning of provincial vocational education city. Source: official website, Qingyuan Natural Resources Bureau.

In terms of traffic planning, the provincial vocational education city will build an efficient road network system, connecting the double-ring trunk road network in series in the shape of "Hui", which will be convenient to the outside world through "one high and one fast" and "five horizontal and three vertical". At the same time, a secondary trunk road is added to the east side of Huangtengxia Scenic Area to form a dual-channel connecting scenic area to ensure smooth traffic in peak season.

Conceptual planning land layout of provincial vocational education bases. Source: official website, Qingyuan Natural Resources Bureau.

"Based on the city, industry-oriented, and supported by education, we will improve urban functions in all directions." The person in charge of the relevant functional departments at the scene said that the provincial vocational education city will realize the leap-forward development from "base" to "new city" by improving supporting facilities, optimizing public services and seizing the talent bonus.

Project progress

1 Six schools in Phase III strive to start construction before the end of this year.

Since 20 19, the first and second phases of the provincial vocational education city have been completed and delivered one after another, welcoming new students to settle in; At present, the second phase of the project under construction has been fully rolled out and is expected to be completed in September this year. By then, there will be 10 colleges and universities with about 654.38+million students in the provincial vocational education city, which will train and transport nearly 30,000 high-skilled talents for the whole province every year. In addition, Qingyuan Campus of Guangdong University of Finance will start school this autumn, which will become the first undergraduate college in this region.

On May 1 1, the second phase of guangdong vocational college of science and trade was under construction. Photo by Zhu Wenhua

In the list of key construction projects in Guangdong Province in 20021,the Qingyuan campus of Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education, Guangdong Light Industry Vocational and Technical College, guangdong teachers college of foreign language and arts, Guangdong Literature and Art Vocational College, Guangdong Judicial Police Vocational College and Guangdong Women's Vocational and Technical College are all listed as preparatory projects.

On the afternoon of may 1 1, the relevant person in charge of the provincial vocational education city introduced that the third phase of the provincial vocational education city will be built in three steps: the first group, the middle group and the long-term group. The preliminary work of the first batch of six colleges and universities was promoted in an orderly manner, and efforts were made to start construction before the end of this year.

According to the conceptual plan of Guangdong Vocational Education City, the first and second phases can accommodate 1 1 high/secondary vocational schools, and the third phase can accommodate 13 colleges (including 2 undergraduate courses, higher vocational schools1/secondary vocational schools) and 24 colleges. The territory of colleges and universities in provincial vocational education cities has been further clarified.

2. The Olympic Sports Center has entered the renovation stage.

On the basis of promoting the layout of colleges and universities, new progress has been made in the construction and enjoyment of public service facilities. On May 1 1, the theme structures of the stadiums, gymnasiums, swimming pools and other venues in Qingyuan Olympic Center located in the provincial vocational education city area have taken shape. The stadium is the "phoenix head", the swimming pool is the "phoenix flavor", and the embryonic form of the dance "phoenix" is emerging.

The total investment of the project is 270 million yuan, covering an area of about 6 1 1,000 square meters. The project mainly includes stadium, training ground, gymnasium, swimming and diving hall, Olympic Sports Park, road square, greening, public works and other supporting facilities. At present, the venues are being renovated, which are expected to be completed by the end of this year and put into use in 2022. At that time, the 16 provincial games will be a great event in the provincial vocational education city area.

3. The Guangzhou-Qingdao Intercity North Extension Line is expected to be completed in 2024.

The Guangzhou-Qingdao intercity north extension line is also of great benefit to the provincial vocational education city. The route of this project is led out from Guangqing Intercity Qingcheng Station, and extends to the provincial vocational education city station through Qingyuan Station of Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway. The venue is located near the Olympic Sports Center.

The Guangzhou-Qingdao intercity north extension line started construction on September 5, 2020, with a total length of 19.73 km. There are four stations, namely Salt Lake Xincheng Station, Qingyuan East Station, Feixiashan Station (reserved) and Provincial Vocational Education City Station. The total construction period of the project is 4 years, that is, it is expected to be completed in 2024, and it is expected to reach the center of Guangzhou in half an hour.

As of April, the project has completed 780% of the bridge meters, accounting for 4.4% of the design quantity, and the project image progress is 2 1.4%.

"In the future, more than 500,000 residents, teachers and students in the provincial vocational education city area will become another group of people who realize the integration of Guangqing." Huang Rongmao, a social science expert in Qingyuan, said that with the promotion of vocational education in the province, industrial transformation and urban upgrading, the gap between Guangzhou and Qingdao has been narrowing, and regional coordinated development has gone further.