Against the backdrop of deepening globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative, Guangxi Yulin Agricultural School, established in 1956, leverages its geographical advantage of being adjacent to ASEAN countries. The school adheres to the principle of serving local economic construction and social development, with horticultural technology as its core specialty, and has explored an integrated international exchange and cooperation model of "bringing in + going out, online + offline" to provide practical experience for agricultural vocational education development in ASEAN countries and facilitate regional agricultural technology collaboration and sharing.
Bilateral mutual learning builds bridges for technical exchange. The school emphasizes both "bringing in" and "going out," constructing a cross-border technical exchange loop. It actively invites international agricultural experts to the school to "share knowledge and experience," conducting specialized lectures on key areas such as horticultural crop cultivation and modern agriculture, bringing cutting-edge technical concepts to teachers and students. The school actively promotes its teachers to "go out," delivering practical technology based on the actual agricultural production needs of ASEAN countries. From July to October 2024, teachers from the school's horticultural technology program successively conducted online courses for multiple ASEAN institutions.
Dual-element integration creates immersive learning experiences. The school innovatively adopts a dual-track model of "online knowledge delivery + offline practical research learning." Online activities rely on cloud platforms to conduct lectures, Q&A sessions, and technical discussions, establishing a normalized exchange mechanism covering multiple institutions in Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and other countries, ensuring rapid access to technological knowledge. Offline activities focus on "immersive practice," inviting teachers and students from ASEAN institutions to conduct field research at the school, transforming theoretical knowledge into practical operational abilities and deepening dual cognition of Chinese agriculture and culture through cultural exchange, achieving dual benefits of "technical learning + cultural identification."
Strengthening foundations promotes resource co-construction and sharing. The school focuses on establishing long-term stable cooperative relationships with ASEAN institutions, upgrading from "short-term technical exchange" to "long-term resource co-construction." It has signed a memorandum with the College of Agriculture of the National University of Laos, clarifying cooperation directions including joint development of curriculum resources, writing internationalized textbooks, and conducting specialized research projects in vocational education. The school plans resource output pathways to achieve free access to high-quality curriculum resources for teachers, students, and enterprise employees in the ASEAN region, and promotes internationalization of the teaching staff, forming a long-term cooperation pattern of "curriculum sharing, faculty exchange, and technology sharing."
Over the years, the school has accumulated "replicable and promotable" international exchange experience through its horticultural technology program. In the future, the school will continue to uphold the concept of "openness, inclusiveness, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation," focusing on deepening cooperation with ASEAN and Belt and Road partner countries, promoting coordinated development of regional agricultural education, and building itself into a new model of agricultural vocational education that is "rooted in Guangxi, serving ASEAN, and oriented toward the world."
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