40 new vocational majors introduced 新增40个职业专业

China has added 40 new majors to its vocational education directory, marking the largest expansion since the latest revision in 2021, according to the Ministry of Education.
根据教育部称，中国职业教育目录里新增了40个专业，这是自2021年最新修订以来最大的增幅。

The new additions include three secondary vocational majors, 20 higher vocational majors and 17 vocational bachelor's degree majors, aiming to meet emerging industry demands and national strategies, the ministry announced on Thursday.
教育部周四表示，新增职业中包括3个中等职业教育专业，20个高级职业教育专业，以及17个职业学位学士专业，旨在满足新兴产业需求和国家战略。

Over half the new majors target the real economy, particularly advanced manufacturing and digital industries, such as precision manufacturing technology for aerospace equipment and digital fashion design.
超过一半新专业是针对实体经济，特别是先进制造和数字产业，例如像航天航空设备的精密制造技术和数字时装设计等。

Meanwhile, vocational bachelor's programs accounted for nearly 50 percent of the additions, including nuclear engineering and nuclear technology applications, in an effort to address the need for highly skilled professionals to meet the demands of industrial upgrades.
与此同时，职业学位课程占新增专业接近50%，包括核动力和核技术应用，旨在满足产业升级对高级技能专业人员的需求。

The new majors align with China's efforts to build a more modernized industrial system, which aims to make scientific and technological innovation drive the development of new quality productive forces.
这些新专业与中国构建更加现代化产业系统方向相一致，旨在使科学与技术创新驱动新质生产力的发展。

During the annual Central Economic Work Conference, which concluded in Beijing on Thursday, officials said efforts should be made to conduct large-scale demonstration for the application of new technologies, launch an AI Plus initiative and nurture industries of the future.
在年度中央经济工作会议期间，于周四在北京结束，政府官员表示应当努力进行更大规模的新技术应用示范，启动人工智能加计划，培育未来产业。

The meeting highlighted leveraging digital and green technologies to transform and upgrade traditional industries.
该会议强调要利用数字化和绿色能源技术来改造和升级传统产业。

Other new majors in the vocational education directory include artificial intelligence data engineering, electronic information material applications and biopharmaceutical engineering technology, catering to AI, new materials and biomedicine industries.
职业教育目录其他新专业包括人工智能数据工程，电子信息材料应用，生物制药工程技术等，面向AI，新材料和生物医学行业。

Majors such as high-quality farmland construction and application technology, as well as tea production and application technology, were designed to support agricultural modernization.
像高质量农田建设与应用技术，茶叶生产与应用技术等，旨在支持农业现代化。

Programs such as resource recycling engineering were introduced to serve the country's sustainable development goals. In addition, to support efforts in becoming a sports powerhouse, new majors also involve football sports and management.
像资源回收工程等课程被引入，主要是为了服务国家可持续发展的目标。此外，为支持成为体育强国，新专业还涉及足球运动与管理。

The directory has seen major revisions every five years and annual updates.
该目录每五年会进行一次重大修订，且每年会更新一次。

In March 2021, the ministry comprehensively amended the directory, setting 19 categories, 97 disciplines and 1,349 majors which cover three stages of vocational education.
2021年3月，教育部全面修订了该目录，设置了19个类别，97个学科，1349个专业，涵盖了职业教育三个阶段。