China Thirsty for Skilled Workers amid Industrial Upgrade, Tech Self-sufficiency1產(chǎn)業(yè)升級(jí)與技術(shù)自給帶動(dòng)中國(guó)技能人才需求

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Vocational education has great significance for promoting employment and entrepreneurship， boosting economic and social development， and China actively pushes forward the high-quality development of vocational education， and supports exchanges and cooperation in vocational education with other countries， Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory letter to the World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference on August 19， the first such event of its kind， which was being held in North China’s Tianjin Municipality. Xi’s words underscored the great emphasis China puts on vocational education， as the world’s largest manufacturing powerhouse—with a technical talent pool gap estimated to reach 30 million by 2025—is thirsty for skilled workers and technical personnel in emerging high-tech sectors ranging from robots and artificial intelligence to new energy， amid pushes for industrial upgrading and technical self-sufficiency， participants said.

8月19日，首屆世界職業(yè)技術(shù)教育發(fā)展大會(huì)在華北直轄市天津舉辦。（剩余6348字）