On 9 June, a delegation of more than 60 delegates from Indonesian city governments, district education offices, technological universities and vocational high schools paid a visit to the ASEAN-China China (ACC).
Secretary-General Ma Mingqiang had a meeting with the delegation and elaborated on ACC’s efforts in promoting cooperation and exchange in the five fields of trade, investment, education, culture and tourism between ASEAN countries and China. Mr. Ma said that the ACC-led Chinese vocational colleges’ tours to ASEAN has covered almost all ASEAN countries, during which over 200 MOUs have been signed, and that a ASEAN-China Network for Cooperation in TVET has come to shape with substantial concrete achievements. He pledged that ACC would continue to facilitate functional cooperation in education which would not only promote mutual understanding and upgrade functional cooperation in other areas between ASEAN and China, but also would be helpful to social and economic development of respective countries.
Dr. Gatot Priowirjanto, Head of the Indonesian Delegation and Director of SEAMEO-SEAMOLEC, said in his remarks that the trade relations between Indonesia and China are very closely, and that Indonesia needs to learn from China urgently to cultivate more skilled workers and technicians. He expected to continue the close cooperative relations between SEAMOLEC and ACC to promote functional cooperation in education. Mr. Tri Purnajaya, Director of Education, Culture and Tourism Division of ACC, moderated the event.
Facilitated by the ACC, the Indonesian delegation also visited Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) earlier in the morning, to learn about international programs and international cooperation in BIT. The delegates exchanged with Vice President Zhao Changlu and other officials views on Indonesian students studying in BIT, jointly offered programmes, and institutional cooperation, among others. The SEAMOLEC signed a Letter of Intention on facilitating Indonesian students to study in BIT. Mr. Wang Daoyu, Deputy Director of Education, Culture and Tourism Division of ACC witnessed the signing ceremony.
The visit of Indonesia vocational education delegation was co-organized by ACC and SEAMEO-SEAMOLEC as a follow-up activity to the Indonesian trip of the Chinese Vocational Colleges’ ASEAN Tour on 25-30 March 2014, with the aim of implementing the MOUs signed in Jakarta and Denpasar, and strengthening cooperation and exchange in vocational education between Indonesia and China. The delegation will be headed for Nanjing, Taizhou and Wuxi of Jiangsu province to pay visits to 5 vocational colleges.
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