Swiss Vocational Training Model Could Work in China, Expert Says

Students learn clothing design at a vocational school in Hangzhou, Zhejiang

(Beijing) – China plans to reform its vocational education system to develop the skilled workers it needs for innovation and upgrading production. But unlike developed countries like Germany and Switzerland, where vocational education has long been seen as an educational opportunity equivalent to an academic education, China has to overcome several institutional and cultural challenges hindering change, says an expert on vocational education in Switzerland.