2025 “China-ASEAN Pioneering Healthcare, Globalizing Vocational Education” Event Successfully Held

Guiyang Kangyang University Joins Hands with Multiple ASEAN Countries to Build a New Future for

Healthcare Vocational Education

On November 20, the 2025 “China-ASEAN Pioneering Healthcare, Globalizing Vocational Education” Event was grandly held at Guiyang Kangyang University. The event brought together government representatives from China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, academic leaders, industry experts, as well as experts from Macao (China), who gathered to explore new pathways for the internationalization of healthcare-related vocational education.

Under the theme “Pioneering Healthcare, Globalizing Vocational Education—Building a New Future for China’s Integration of Industry and Education”, the event adopted a hybrid online–offline format with simultaneous interpretation in Chinese, English, and Lao, and carried out in-depth discussions on topics such as joint curriculum development, faculty and student exchanges, and training cooperation.

   

Event Venue

Ran Jiangzhou, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Guiyang Kangyang University, noted in his speech that the university, with more than 80 years of educational development, is the only healthcare-featured vocational undergraduate university in China. The university has seized the opportunities brought by the high-quality development of vocational education, anchored its development direction—“Dual-High Construction, Healthcare-Oriented Development, Strengthening Disciplines, Advancing the Industry, and Building Brand Influence”—and continued to strengthen internal capacity building.

By 2025, the number of full-time students had exceeded 12,000, and the first cohort of more than 2,000 undergraduate students graduated successfully, with the employment rate consistently ranking among the top in Guizhou Province.

Its featured discipline clusters—such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Elderly Care & Management—have become a “talent cradle” supporting the regional healthcare industry. The jointly established “Xiangya Nursing Class” with Central South University has pioneered a new model of “vocational-to-academic integration” in Guizhou.

As a pioneer in healthcare vocational education in Guizhou, the university positions itself openly on the global stage, actively responds to the Belt and Road Initiative, has hosted two consecutive China-ASEAN Healthcare Vocational Education Forums, and has taken on large-scale programs such as “Bridges to Guizhou” and “Study Tour in Guizhou.”

The university has established long-term partnerships with more than 10 ASEAN universities, recruited international students, sent faculty abroad for training and exchanges, and exported high-quality healthcare curriculum standards. “Every exploration reflects the university’s firm determination to ‘globalize vocational education,’ and every achievement demonstrates the deepening friendship between China and ASEAN in healthcare education,” Ran said. He emphasized that the university will continue serving as a bridge for China-ASEAN cooperation in healthcare vocational education and contribute to building a China-ASEAN Health Community.

                            

Ran Jiangzhou delivering remarks

Vice Mayor Bounthavi Syhavong expressed the hope to cultivate healthcare talents suited to Laos’ local needs through curriculum co-development and faculty sharing with Chinese universities.

                            

Bounthavi Syhavong delivering remarks

Prof. Rodloytuk stated that Thailand looks forward to deepening practical cooperation in the field of healthcare vocational education through university-enterprise partnerships, and noted the strong expectations shared by both China and ASEAN for expanded collaboration.

                            

Palphol Rodloytuk delivering remarks

Guiyang Kangyang University and Champasak Health Science College, Laos, held the signing and plaque-awarding ceremony for the “Overseas Healthcare Academy.” Tian Weiyi, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee and President of Guiyang Kangyang University, and Bongkham Phetthany, President of Champasak Health Science College, jointly signed the cooperation agreement, marking the official launch of collaborative efforts in faculty training, curriculum development, and student exchanges.

                            

Signing and Awarding Ceremony

During the keynote session, several Chinese and international experts shared forward-looking insights: Prof. Tian Weiyi presented the university’s innovations in healthcare vocational education and the blueprint of the “Kangqiao Project.” Prof. Liu Zhaohui, Vice Chairman of the International Mountain Tourism Alliance, delivered a keynote on pathways for “globalizing vocational education” for healthcare universities under the Belt and Road framework. Dr. Chang Peng Kee from the Malaysia-China Friendship Association shared talent development experiences. Assoc. Prof. Wong Ka Fai from Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau shared practices from Macao’s healthcare and nursing education.

                            

Keynote speech by Tian Weiyi

                            

Keynote speech by Liu Zhaohui

                           

Keynote speech by Chang Peng Kee

                                                       

Keynote speech by Wong Ka Fai

The success of this event reflects the university’s solid foundation as a “Guizhou Province Demonstration Institution for International Exchange and Cooperation.” The university has expanded its global partnerships, becoming: A founding member of the China–Japan–Korea Healthcare Universities Alliance, An executive council member of the China–Uzbekistan Medical Education Alliance. It has established stable cooperation with Germany, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, among other countries. The Sino-German Elderly Care Training Base (Guiyang) has successfully trained over 735 participants, achieving 100% program completion and certification rates. Additionally, the university jointly established a Clinical Rehabilitation Center with Mahsa University, Malaysia, further enhancing international achievements.

                           

                           

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International Experts Forum & Youth Dialogue

“Globalizing vocational education” is not just a direction—it is an action. Moving forward, Guiyang Kangyang University will take this event as a new starting point to advance the development of Overseas Healthcare Academies and contribute to building a China-ASEAN Community of Health for All through the power of vocational education.

Source | Office of International Exchange and Cooperation; Publicity Department of the CPC Committee

Text & Photos | Du Jin, Qu Xinran, Liu Jingjin, Tang Yilin, Lin Feiyu, Zhao Xifeng, Li Ying, Chen Binghua, Xia Xinran, Jiao Yongcui, Yang Meiling, Hong Xintong, Du Xingyu

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Design | Yang Zhiwei

Editor | Zhao Xinyi

First Review | Yang Xiaoli, Liu Jingjin

Second Review | Huang Xi

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