In the grand blueprint of promoting Chinese path to modernization, vocational education shoulders the important responsibility of cultivating diversified talents, inheriting technical skills, and promoting employment and entrepreneurship. During the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2025, the topic of "deepening the construction of modern vocational education system, enhancing the adaptability and attractiveness of vocational education" has become a hot topic of discussion among representatives and committee members. The Ministry of Education attaches great importance to and actively responds. Over the past year, it has adhered to a problem oriented approach, launched innovative measures, and transformed the insights of the representatives into specific policies and solid actions to promote the high-quality development of vocational education. Call: Facing the urgent needs of the artificial intelligence wave and industrial upgrading with reform measures, how to make vocational education cultivate talents keep up with the pace of the times has become an important aspect of the suggestions of the representatives and members of the Two Sessions in 2025. Li Donglin, a National People's Congress representative and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd., submitted a proposal on the reform of vocational education system under the background of artificial intelligence. He proposed that a forward-looking model of industrial talent competence should be constructed, vocational education upgrading should be systematically promoted, and vocational education resource allocation should be continuously optimized in conjunction with industrial development layout. Zhou Hong, a National People's Congress representative and dean of the School of Economics and Management at Dongguan Vocational and Technical College, is concerned about the dilemma of some teachers who are "unwilling to learn, unwilling to use, and unable to use", and calls for vigorously improving the digital literacy of vocational college teachers. She also put forward suggestions on improving the policies and driving mechanisms for the integration of industry and education, including strengthening top-level design and improving institutional mechanisms, increasing policy support to stimulate enterprise participation, building a unified platform to promote information sharing, and clarifying implementation standards to ensure the operation of industrial colleges. Other representatives and members also contributed their wisdom from different perspectives. Su Hua, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Vice Chairman of the China Vocational Education Society, suggested gradually expanding the enrollment scale of skilled undergraduate colleges and applied undergraduate colleges, and increasing the supply of high-level skilled talents. Tang Lijun, a National People's Congress representative and dean of the School of Food and Biotechnology at Sichuan Vocational and Technical College, suggested increasing investment in modern vocational education. These suggestions, which gather grassroots research and practical thinking, collectively point to the goal of making vocational education "fragrant" and "hot", outlining the direction and key points that urgently need to be broken through in vocational education reform. Echo: After the proposal for policy and action resonance was submitted, the Ministry of Education's efficient response mechanism and pragmatic handling style left a deep impression on the representatives. The Ministry of Education, together with relevant departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, conducted a special study on my suggestions and provided written responses to each of my three suggestions. ”Representative Li Donglin introduced that the response includes scientifically formulating teaching standards and basic norms for artificial intelligence related majors in vocational colleges, systematically promoting the linkage reform of five key teaching elements including majors, courses, textbooks, teachers, and internships. He also stated that some suggestions have been implemented. Representative Li Donglin is also a participant and witness in promoting implementation. In the past year, the Ministry of Education not only hired him as the enterprise leader of the advanced rail transit equipment field high skilled talent cluster training plan, but also maintained close communication with him through multiple meetings, lectures, strategic consultations, and other forms. What left a deep impression on him was that at the second phase of the "Double High Construction Plan" promotion meeting held by the Ministry of Education in December 2025, he was the only enterprise representative present to speak and exchange ideas. This reflects the high recognition and encouragement of the core role of top enterprises in the integration of industry and education by the Ministry of Education. Representative Zhou Hong still vividly remembers the "warm" handling process of the Ministry of Education. Her two suggestions are handled by the Department of Vocational Education and the Department of Teachers of the Ministry of Education. Shortly after the closing of the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the organizers immediately called to communicate, and the entire process was two-way communication. For example, after the staff of the Vocational Education Department inquired about the specific process of the research, they formed a research team to comprehensively grasp the current situation of industry education integration nationwide through big data analysis. They collaborated with multiple departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission to conduct research and form a proposal response. Before the official release, they communicated again by phone and clearly stated that they would continue to study the proposal, continuously optimize the policy system of industry education integration, including strengthening top-level design, increasing policy support, and implementing standard construction. On the basis of in-depth communication, the Ministry of Education has made clear and powerful responses to the concerns of the representative committee members through a series of practical measures. In 2025, after undertaking relevant suggestions and proposals, the Ministry of Education has promoted the implementation of a series of key tasks around accelerating the construction of a modern vocational education system. In terms of deepening the integration of industry and education and stimulating enterprise motivation, the Ministry of Education has launched the implementation of the high skilled talent cluster training plan and carried out pilot work on upgrading the industry education integration platform. At the same time, by organizing vocational colleges to conduct research on talent demand and school enterprise cooperation, continuously optimizing professional settings, promoting the Chinese style apprenticeship system, etc., we will continuously optimize the resource layout and practical mode of industry education integration. In terms of improving the overall quality and influence of education, the Ministry of Education has implemented the second phase of the "Double High Construction Plan" for high-level vocational schools and majors with Chinese characteristics, and successfully held the World Vocational College Skills Competition. These measures have effectively improved the quality of talent cultivation in vocational schools and accelerated the construction of a modern vocational education system that integrates vocational education with general education and industry education. Truly achieving 'communication before handling, progress during handling, and feedback after handling'. ”Zhou Hong made such an evaluation. Consensus: The vitality of promoting high-quality development of vocational education in depth lies in its implementation. Over the past year, the issues of concern to the representatives and committee members are being explored at the grassroots and industry levels to find answers. Zhou Hong, representing Dongguan Vocational and Technical College, has created a "Dongguan model" of industry education integration. The school accurately connects with the "8+8+4" industrial system in Dongguan City, jointly builds industrial colleges with local governments and leading enterprises, and creates a "park as classroom" environment, allowing students to "work as products, and classroom as projects". Relevant experience has been included in the promotion documents of the Dongguan Municipal Government. These explorations have enabled precise alignment between talent cultivation and industry demand, which is the most vivid manifestation of policy implementation, "said representative Zhou Hong. Li Donglin's representative from CRRC Zhuzhou Institute and Zhuzhou City, relying on the national rail transit equipment industry industry education integration community and the first batch of national level city level industry education consortia, have carried out a series of solid practices under the "Double High Construction Plan". They innovate the "three group leader" (enterprise leader, industry leader, school leader) navigation mechanism and jointly develop national professional group teaching resources; Establishing a "two-way mutual recruitment and dual track training" mechanism for teaching staff, cultivating over 3000 composite talents annually, and promoting the integration of industry and education overseas. Looking ahead to the future, the representative committee members are full of confidence while also carrying deeper expectations. Representative Li Donglin hopes that the "Double High Construction Plan" can continue to exert efforts from a strategic perspective, integration depth, and collaborative breadth, and build a virtuous cycle of "talent supply supporting industrial upgrading, and industrial upgrading feeding back education iteration". Representative Zhou Hong will submit suggestions on promoting the physical operation of the industry education integration community and strengthening the artificial intelligence literacy training of vocational school teachers, continuing to provide suggestions and recommendations for promoting the high-quality development of vocational education. (New Society)