Quote-unquote: Xi's views on education
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Updated: 2017-02-28 13:43
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| President Xi talks with students after watching them operate machines at the Guizhou Machinery Industry School, a 6,000-student vocational school that trains equipment technicians on June 17, 2015. A student showed the president a chessboard made of aluminum alloy. [Photo/Xinhua] |
President Xi Jinping promised to promote vocational education to support manufacturing and alleviate poverty during a visit to Qingzhen Vocational Education City in Guizhou province on June 17, 2015.
Xi said vocational education is an important part of China's education system. A large number of technicians and skilled workers are urgently needed in different professions and trades, Xi told students.
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