A white paper on vocational education released Oct. 17 at the 2026 World
Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference says average years of
schooling for newly added skilled labour in China is 14.35 years and recent
annual throughput of high‑quality workers and skilled talent is nearly 10 mln.
It reports 2025 graduates of higher vocational education at 5.8204 mln and
secondary vocational education at 5.2182 mln. The paper says vocational systems
in recent years have annually provided roughly 5 mln junior‑high graduates and
nearly 6 mln age‑eligible youth access to senior‑high or tertiary education, and
about 3 mln families per year gain a first‑generation university graduate via
vocational education.
