Leaders and guests together unveiled the nameplate of the Haisi Campus.

On October 21, China Merchants Port International College - Shenzhen Polytechnic Haisi Campus (hereinafter referred to as the "Haisi Campus") jointly established by Shenzhen Polytechnic and China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. (CMG) was officially inaugurated to explore the on- and outside-campus co-cultivation of high-level vocational talent at the port and shipping discipline and develop the model of the industry-education integration in the port and shipping field.

Since the strategic cooperation framework agreement was signed in June 2017, both parties have developed a closer partnership in talent training, training base construction, academic exchange, etc. On January 20, both parties concluded a contract to jointly establish the Haisi Campus, aiming to build a distinctive industry college of industry influence. It is particularly significant to promote the reform and development of the vocational education mode in the port and shipping field and enhance the cultivation quality of professional port and shipping technical talent. It will also facilitate vocational education to better serve the local economic development and the national Belt and Road Initiative.

Yang Xinbin, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Shenzhen Polytechnic said, in recent years, Shenzhen Polytechnic has kept close contact with Shenzhen's pillar industries and strategic emerging industries to set up majors, established 11 distinctive industry colleges with Fortune Global 500 enterprises and industry leaders like Huawei and Ping'an and explored to build the "Nine Common Goals" dual education system.Based on the Haisi Campus, both parties will explore the on- and outside-campus co-cultivation of high-level vocational talent at the port and shipping discipline from a high starting point, foster internationally-sighted application-oriented professionals in a high-quality manner, and establish high-level cooperation in vocational qualification development, appraisal and certification, and personnel training.

CMG's Deputy General Manager Huang Chuanjing indicated this year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. So far, Shenzhen has been the fourth-largest container port in the world, attracting more than 100 ports and shipping enterprises like CMG. As Shenzhen is advancing to build itself into a pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Shenzhen's port and shipping industry will usher in a new spring, so it is the right time to establish the Haisi Campus. Both parties have developed a good cooperation foundation and will take full advantage of the broad platform of the Haisi Campus to provide strong talent and intelligence support for the port and shipping industry in the future.

(Text by Zeng Xianghao from the Management College, Photo by Zhang Lei from the Publicity Department)