By Libing Gu, Project Leader Academic Relations

On November 12, the 4th Sino-Swiss Theme Week was inaugurated at Sino-Swiss Zhenjiang Ecological Industrial Park; With a special focus on Sino-Swiss cooperation in vocational training and education, the event was well-attended by researchers, schools and companies from both countries. Mrs. Libing Gu, Project Leader of Academic Relations of swissnex China gave a keynote speech on the Swiss vocational & professional education as well as the training system, during which she shared with audience the latest facts and figures and illustrated the reasons why vocational education continues to be such a popular choice for education in Switzerland, while enjoying long-standing prestige worldwide.

Sino-Swiss Zhenjiang Ecological Industrial Park, the Chinese education and technology company Tomorrow Advancing Life (TAL) and ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences represented by its Head of Competence Center Asia Business School of Management and Law signed a cooperation agreement at the event. ZHAW will contribute to the content development by providing online vocational learning programs.