Pooling Strength for Industry-Education Integration to Cultivate AI Talents - Seminar on High-Quality Skilled AI Talent Development Held in Nanjing

In order to fully implement the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, carry out the Opinions on Further Implementing the AI Plus Initiative, and strengthen the cultivation of high-skilled talents in the field of artificial intelligence, the Seminar on the Cultivation of High-Quality Skilled Talents in Artificial Intelligence, hosted by the Computer Vocational Education Teaching Steering Sub-Committee of the National Industrial and Information Technology Vocational Education Teaching Steering Committee and co-organized by the National Vocational Colleges Alliance for Research and Application of Large AI Models, Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology, and Newland Era Hi-Tech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., was successfully held in Nanjing. Experts from the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, multiple vocational colleges, and industrial enterprises gathered together to conduct in-depth discussions around core topics such as the construction of industry–education consortia, innovation in talent evaluation models, development of new professional standards, and the cultivation of embodied intelligence and information innovation talents. They pooled the strength of government, schools, and enterprises to explore new paths for cultivating high-quality skilled talents in artificial intelligence in vocational education.

Liu Mingliang, Deputy Director of the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Industrial and Information Technology Vocational Education Teaching Steering Committee, and Secretary-General of the Computer Sub-Committee; Cao Li, Deputy Head (acting) of the Talent Evaluation Division at the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Jiang Lin and Bao Sicong, staff members of the Talent Evaluation Division at the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Kong Jie, Secretary of the Party Committee of Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology; Xi Haitao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Changzhou Vocational Institute of Industry Technology; Xu Lei, Vice President of Chongqing Industry Polytechnic University; General Manager Chen Jixin and Deputy General Manager Zhou Hongyao from Newland Era Hi-Tech (Beijing) Co., Ltd.;  and other leaders attended the seminar.

Uniting minds to open the event and map out a new blueprint for AI talent cultivation

Secretary Kong Jie, Deputy Director Liu Mingliang, and General Manager Chen Jixin delivered opening speeches in succession. From the perspective of college educational practice, Kong Jie elaborated on NJCIT's existing foundation in cultivating AI talents, its discipline and program layout, and the building of platforms for industry–education collaboration, and expressed the vision of taking this seminar as an opportunity to bring together industry, enterprises, and colleges to jointly tackle the challenges of cultivating skilled AI talents.

Speaking from the perspective of the industry regulatory authority, Liu Mingliang analyzed the current situation of talent supply and demand in the artificial intelligence industry, emphasized the importance of improving the evaluation system for skilled talent cultivation to support high-quality industrial development, and provided work guidance for vocational colleges on deepening industry–education integration and aligning with cutting-edge industrial technologies.

Chen Jixin stated that Newland will continue to leverage its advantages in industrial resources, participate deeply in links such as program development, curriculum design, and talent evaluation, and promote the transformation of real industrial scenarios and technological resources into vocational education and teaching, thereby helping to produce high-quality skilled talents in artificial intelligence.

 Pooling wisdom for joint research, with a focus on industry-education integration and professional program reform

At the main forum, several experts shared frontline reform practices and research outcomes, covering multiple core areas such as construction paradigms for industry-education consortia, process evaluation of industry-education integration, professional program development under the AI + industry-education teaching and evaluation model, cluster training of highly skilled talents, embodied intelligence research, and the development of standards for new majors.

Starting from the concept of dual-wing development, Party Secretary Xi Haitao shared the construction paradigm and practices of the Changzhou New Energy Industry-Education Consortium and presented its practical experience in bridging the education chain and the industrial chain.

Vice President Xu Lei focused on reforms in vocational education evaluation and explored process evaluation models for industry-education integration in vocational colleges, providing ideas on how to scientifically measure the effectiveness of industry-education integration.

Lin Shishu, dean of the Institute of Innovative Education at Newland Era Hi-Tech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., reported the phased outcomes of the Electronic Information Industry Skilled Talent Training and Evaluation Project (Artificial Intelligence Direction) based on project practice and shared practical explorations in implementing professional program development under the AI + industry-education teaching and evaluation model. Tan Xu, dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, elaborated on his reflections and practical pathways for reforming cluster training models for highly skilled artificial intelligence talents in the new era. He Miao, dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology, focused on the emerging embodied intelligence industry and carried out research and analysis on the development of the embodied intelligence industry and the development of vocational competencies in data-driven scenarios. Yang Zhongming, deputy dean (acting dean) of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology, gave a report on the development of professional standards for the program Intelligent Agent Technology Applications, providing a reference for the standardized development of this new program.

  Deepening thematic work to advance the implementation of talent evaluation projects

Roundtable Meeting I, the seminar on the talent training and evaluation project in artificial intelligence under the project Vocational Education Services for Building a Strong Country through Industry-Education Integration, was chaired by Du Hui, deputy dean of the Institute of Innovative Education of Newland Era Hi-Tech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and focused on discussions and exchanges around the pilot implementation of industry-education integration evaluation indicators and the evaluation of artificial intelligence talent training in multiple scenarios.

Vice President Xu Lei gave a thematic presentation on the pilot and implementation of process evaluation indicators for industry-education integration, and the participants carried out extensive discussions on topics such as the design of evaluation indicators, bottlenecks in pilot implementation, and supporting safeguard mechanisms. Subsequently, Li Fei, dean of the School of Information Engineering at Changzhou Vocational Institute of Industry Technology, Wang Chunmei, dean of the School of Electronic Information and Automation at Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College, Lu Yu, deputy secretary of the Party General Branch of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Hebei Vocational University of Industry and Technology, Wang Shigang, deputy dean of the School of Computer Science at Wuhan City Polytechnic, and Zhou Tianfeng, deputy dean of the School of Information Engineering at Zhongshan Polytechnic, gave thematic presentations in turn on topics such as intelligent manufacturing, the development of embodied intelligence programs, analysis and assessment of regional industrial ecosystems, and enhancing the capability of programs to serve industry.

Deputy Division Director Cao Li delivered the conference summary, reviewed the current stage of the pilot work on artificial intelligence talent evaluation, and made arrangements for key tasks in the next phase.

As the lead enterprise, Newland has undertaken the Electronic Information Industry Skilled Talent Training and Evaluation Project (Artificial Intelligence Direction) under the project Vocational Education Services for Building a Strong Country through Industry-Education Integration of the Computer Science and Technology Teaching Steering Committee. In cooperation with multiple enterprises and vocational colleges, it continuously tracks the evolution of artificial intelligence technologies and the resulting changes in job demands and competency requirements, and transforms the results of industrial research into job competency lists, evaluation standards and construction recommendations, providing a reference basis for new AI-related programs in vocational colleges, the development of talent training schemes and the construction of practical training conditions.

  Pooling efforts in pursuit and jointly exploring development paths for emerging programs

The concurrent roundtable seminar on the development of the program Information Technology Application Innovation Systems Technology Applications was chaired by Yang Yang, secretary and dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence at Tianjin Electronic Information College, and brought together experts from participating colleges and industry enterprises to exchange views on the cultivation of highly skilled talents in information technology application innovation and the construction of professional standards.
Deng Xiaofei, deputy dean of the School of Artificial Intelligence (Information Technology Application Innovation Industry College) at Wuhan Technical University and an expert of the Expert Technical Committee of the Information Technology Application Innovation Working Committee, used Wuhan Technical University as a case study to share explorations and practical achievements in training highly skilled talents in information technology application innovation. Dean Yang Yang interpreted the ideas for developing professional standards for the program Information Technology Application Innovation Systems Technology Applications, and shared the construction vision from the dimensions of program positioning, competency framework, teaching content and practical training conditions.

This seminar built a high-level exchange platform for collaborative dialogue among multiple stakeholders from government, universities, enterprises and research institutions. All parties present further unified their work approaches and will take project pilots as an important lever to continuously iterate and improve the evaluation system for artificial intelligence talent training, accelerate the implementation of new professional standards such as intelligent agent technology application and information innovation system technology application, and promote the deep integration of cutting-edge industrial technologies and real business scenarios into vocational education classroom teaching and practical training. The series of outcomes generated from this seminar will continue to empower the upgrading and transformation of vocational education programs related to artificial intelligence and the innovation of talent training models, provide more high-quality, highly skilled personnel for national strategic emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and information innovation, and support high-quality industrial development.

Photo/Text by: Cui Jun, School of Artificial Intelligence

Review by/He Miao, School of Artificial Intelligence