(The article is provided by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province.)

Guangdong is a coastal Province in the south of China. Its economy is mainly based on manufacturing industry and tertiary industry, and it is the No. 1 strong economy Province in China. The GDP of the Pearl River Delta Economic Circle, which is composed of 9 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province of China, accounts for about 10% of the annual economic aggregate in China Mainland. According to the report of “State of the World’s Cities” issued by UN-HABITAT, the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan District, with Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong as the core, has become the largest super metropolitan district in the world. The vocational education in Guangdong Province is in good development, and the diversified vocational education development patterns, represented by the “double-zero” talents cultivation pattern in Shunde District and Foshan City of Guangdong Province have been widely Promoted. At present, Guangdong Province is planning to invest ten billion yuan to speed up constructing the vocational and technical education base in the Pearl River Delta. (Annex)