2026 World Vocational, Technical Education Development Conference opens in Tianjin

The 2026 World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference opened on Friday, in Tianjin of China. The event is co-hosted by China's Ministry of Education, the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and the Tianjin municipal government, and will run through Saturday.

The conference features four parallel sessions for South and Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, aiming to build consensus on vocational education development across regions and find the greatest common ground for cooperation.