In the factory building of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Group's Second Industrial Park, Chen Jianjun's daily routine involves dealing with various "large iron rings" with diameters ranging from 3 meters to 8.61 meters. These 'big iron rings' are called main bearings and are the heart of the shield machine, the king of construction machinery. My job is to precision machine them to ensure that the' heart of heavy machinery 'beats vigorously. After graduating from Hunan Railway Vocational and Technical College, Chen Jianjun has been working in the field of numerical control for more than 20 years, and the components he handles have always maintained a' zero record 'of quality accidents. He has led his team to overcome the' bottleneck 'technology of main bearings multiple times. Serving the economy and society, and supporting national strategies, is the mission of vocational education in the new era and new journey. Faced with the call of the times, Hunan vocational education has actively integrated into the overall development of the industry, cultivating a large number of high-quality skilled talents who contribute to the high-quality development of the economy and society. From the construction machinery that covers the whole country to the new trains that run across the country, from the fragrant Hunan cuisine and tea that wafts thousands of miles to the livelihood projects that warm us, the figure of the "Vocational Education Hunan Army" striving is active everywhere. To provide a "hard support" for the "high-precision and cutting-edge" casting of large national heavy weapons, there must be craftsmen from a great country. At present, the "Vocational Education Hunan Army" has established a full chain talent training system for advanced manufacturing industries, which effectively supports a series of national key equipment and super projects. Strive for excellence and assist in building construction machinery throughout the country. Hunan is a major manufacturing province, with 5 out of the top 50 global construction machinery manufacturers located in Changsha by 2025. Behind the strong development of the construction machinery industry, it cannot be separated from the support of one batch after another of "vocational education Hunan Army". In recent years, the all ground cranes developed by Zoomlion have broken world records three times. During this process, Long Weiguo, the chief commissioning fitter of Zoomlion Engineering Crane Branch and a graduate of Hunan Industrial Vocational and Technical College, led a team to complete the commissioning of more than 2000 equipment and completed 15000 operations. Facing the advanced manufacturing industry, Hunan Industrial Vocational and Technical College has trained a large number of high skilled talents like Long Weiguo. In the past three years, the school has provided more than 8000 technical and skilled talents for the equipment manufacturing industry, and over 80% of graduates have been employed in well-known manufacturing enterprises. In the second list of 100 "Hunan Craftsmen" announced by Hunan Province, 6 alumni made it to the list. Overcoming difficulties and promoting the new type of train to run throughout the country. Looking at the national map of the rail transit equipment industry, the "industrial density" of Zhuzhou, Hunan Province has amazed the world. In the time of a cup of coffee, most of the industry experts and components needed for an electric locomotive can be gathered. In the workshop of Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd., Liu Shaojie, a graduate of Hunan Railway Vocational and Technical College, is carving high-speed railway "Chinese chips" in the micrometer. As a vocational college mainly focused on the manufacturing industry of rail transit equipment, the school actively integrates its own development into the overall development of the industry and cultivates talents for the entire rail transit industry chain. Among the school graduates, 137 have been awarded honors such as China CRRC's "High Speed Rail Craftsman" and national and railway technical experts. As a high-end equipment manufacturing enterprise rooted in Zhuzhou for 66 years, CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute is an important beneficiary of vocational education development. Currently, the company has over 20000 skilled talents, of which more than 80% come from vocational colleges. ”Li Donglin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd., stated. Selfless dedication, lifting the steel eagle to fly across the country. As a key province in China's aviation industry layout, Hunan has a large number of enterprises in the aerospace and Beidou industries. A solid supply of high skilled talents helps the industry move towards the sky and accelerate its takeoff. The domestically produced large aircraft C919 is the first domestically developed jet airliner with independent intellectual property rights in accordance with international airworthiness standards in China. Behind its first successful commercial flight, a large number of vocational education talents such as Zhang Hairong, a graduate of Changsha Aviation Vocational and Technical College, have deeply participated and actively contributed. We fully utilize our aviation resources and professional advantages, and have cooperated with more than 100 aviation enterprises such as China Aviation Industry Corporation Southern Industry Co., Ltd. to 'customize' 174 classes. ”Zhu Guojun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Changsha Aviation Vocational and Technical College, introduced that in the past three years, the school has trained more than 10000 highly skilled talents for the aviation industry, and more than 30 graduates have grown into "national level" technical experts. Deeply cultivate the front line and support the construction of roads and bridges throughout the country. The export of heavy weapons from major countries to both domestic and international markets relies on a well connected transportation network. The belief of generations of the 'Road and Bridge Hunan Army' is to pave the way through mountains and build bridges over water. As the cradle of the Road and Bridge Hunan Army, Hunan Vocational and Technical College of Transportation is in line with the development needs of transportation infrastructure under the new business model of "new technology+transportation", accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence, 5G, building information modeling, Beidou and transportation civil engineering technology. In the past three years, the school's road and bridge engineering technology professional group has annually delivered more than 1000 high-quality skilled talents to the industry. The data is silent, but the most powerful: In 2024, Hunan vocational colleges will set up 482 relevant professional points around advantageous industries such as engineering machinery and rail transit, with 202000 students enrolled. The province's vocational colleges will provide 64400 graduates for the manufacturing industry, train 2.272 million enterprise employees, and generate economic benefits of 928 million yuan in technical services. In recent years, a number of "Xiang brand" products have become increasingly popular, serving Hunan cuisine, using Hunan porcelain, enjoying Hunan tea, appreciating Hunan embroidery, and listening to Hunan opera, becoming the "golden business card" of Hunan's regional characteristic industries. Behind the "Xiang Brand" are batches of skilled talents trained by vocational colleges, driving this "golden business card" to spread throughout the country. As the "traffic leader" among the eight major Chinese cuisines, Hunan cuisine has an annual output value of over 600 billion yuan in the industry chain, accounting for 17.6% of the national cuisine market share. Changsha Vocational and Technical College of Commerce and Tourism has provided more than 10000 professional talents for the fragrance of Hunan cuisine, with nearly 2000 students becoming the backbone of enterprises. More than 30% of our store managers are graduates of Changsha Vocational and Technical College of Commerce and Tourism, "said Yin Hui, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Xuji Seafood Group, a well-known Hunan cuisine enterprise. In the national map, the export volume of Hunan tea industry ranks among the top. In order to allow consumers from other parts of the country to taste this cup of "Hunan tea", Hunan Business Vocational and Technical College has built a colorful Hunan tea marketing training center that integrates product display, live streaming e-commerce, and tea culture experience. The school holds more than 20 "Hunan tea coming out of the mountains" themed activities annually, and has provided 1500 high-quality skilled talents with "technical knowledge, good communication skills, and cultural heritage" to the industry. Splitting threads, threading needles, embroidery... Walking into the production and research center of Hunan Xiangxiu Research Institute Co., Ltd., embroidery craftsman Zhou Si uses needles as pens and threads to polish, making vivid patterns come to life on the fabric. After graduating from Hunan Vocational College of Arts and Crafts, Zhou Si adhered to the inheritance of Hunan embroidery for 17 years and continuously innovated its forms of expression on this basis. Chen Hongjun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College, introduced that the school cultivates and trains more than 1000 skilled personnel in Hunan embroidery every year, cooperates with 15 enterprises in technology, and serves more than 10000 people annually. In order to sing a good Hunan opera, Hunan Vocational College of Arts has established a major in opera performance (flower drum, Hunan opera), and formed a teaching team composed of national intangible cultural heritage representative inheritors and opera performing artists to systematically teach traditional skills such as opera singing, body movements, and performance. Recently, the intangible cultural heritage inheritance "vocal cords" project of the school, "Hunan folk songs are so beautiful", went to Beijing for a performance, and a large number of artistic creations with Hunan characteristics frequently appeared both inside and outside the province... In the past three years, the school has trained and transported more than 600 high-quality talents for Hunan opera. In recent years, Hunan has established 9 "Hunan Brand" characteristic professional groups, including Hunan cuisine, Hunan embroidery, Hunan tea, and Hunan tourism, as well as 5 "Hunan Brand" industrial colleges, constantly polishing the "Hunan Brand" brand, making "Hunan products" more fragrant and of better quality. Protecting the livelihood industries such as water, electricity, gas, clothing, food, housing, and transportation from a "small incision" is also an important battlefield for the "Vocational Education Hunan Army". Hunan Water Resources and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College has carried out youth volunteer service projects related to water conservancy for 10 consecutive years, creating volunteer service brands such as "Water Education in Xiaoxiang", "Drinking Water to Think of Source", and "Folk River Chief". Among them, the "Folk River Chief" volunteer service has radiated to 14 cities (prefectures) in the province, helped 2302 river chiefs, established 63 local linkage teams, and led more than a thousand villagers to jointly protect 1023 rivers over 5 kilometers in the province. In the summer of 2024, Hunan will encounter the strongest rainstorm flood since the flood season. The Jiufeng Reservoir in Yueyang is in danger of leakage. At this critical moment, the school's "Smart Management and Maintenance" team used tunnel and culvert intelligent detection vehicles to complete dam inspections, accurately detecting and eliminating hidden dangers. In the past five years, the school has trained 1068 grassroots water conservancy special post students, who have shone in fields such as agricultural water conservancy, rural drinking water, and urban water supply and drainage. In summer, the continuous high temperature weather poses a severe challenge to the power supply guarantee work, and power line patrol workers also enter the busiest time of the year. We use drones equipped with high-definition cameras and thermal imaging devices, which can not only quickly cover a larger area, but also accurately identify hidden dangers such as line overheating and insulator damage. During the inspection of the Changsha power grid, Liu Weiming, a student majoring in power supply services at Changsha Electric Power Vocational and Technical College, controlled the drone and transmitted real-time line images on the screen. The old power worker beside praised, "Now with intelligent inspection, the efficiency of power inspection has increased several times!" As of now, 1448 targeted students from the school have graduated and joined 656 township power supply stations to participate in rural power grid construction. At the bone ash storage room of the Shenzhen Funeral Service Center, students majoring in funeral and burial at Changsha Civil Affairs Vocational and Technical College carefully picked up the urn handed over by their family members throughout the process... Faced with the question of "why did you choose this profession", the students said, "I want to be the most beautiful guardian at the end of my life." Li Bin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Changsha Civil Affairs Vocational and Technical College, told reporters that the school has integrated new technologies such as cloud computing into traditional civil affairs and livelihood majors, and built the largest, most comprehensive, and strongest civil affairs and livelihood professional system covering the entire life cycle of "birth, aging, illness, care, and burial". In recent years, the school has trained over 8000 graduates for the funeral industry. At present, Hunan vocational colleges have set up 562 relevant professional points for cultural tourism, energy security, "one elderly and one primary" and other livelihood fields, with 227000 students enrolled. Persist in incorporating vocational education into the overall economic and social development plan, and continuously improve the ability of the 'Vocational Education Hunan Army' to serve major national strategies and regional economic and social development. ”Gao Shan, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Education Department of Hunan Province, said that Hunan is accelerating the construction of a high-quality vocational education system with Hunan characteristics, injecting continuous strength into high-quality development. (New Society)