Keywords
Higher vocational education
Resource sinking
County-level industrial college
Performance evaluation
Zhejiang
Submitted : 2026-03-22
Accepted : 2026-04-06
Published : 2026-04-21
Abstract
As a demonstration zone for common prosperity, Zhejiang Province regards the sinking of higher vocational resources into counties as a key measure to address the “county-level talent shortage” and “urban-rural educational gap”. Based on resource dependence theory and collaborative governance theory, this study adopts a mixed research method of “policy text analysis + survey of 88 county-level industrial colleges + in-depth interviews with 6 typical cases”. It systematically sorts out the threefold dynamic mechanism of “policy-driven, market-oriented, and university-local symbiosis” for the sinking of higher vocational resources in Zhejiang, and refines three core models: “university-county symbiosis type”, “industrial cluster embedded type”, and “mountain-sea cooperation empowerment type”. By constructing a four-dimensional performance system of “resource supply - talent training - industrial service - common prosperity”, combined with the 2025 monitoring data from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, the results show that the sinking practice has increased the proportion of “double-qualified” teachers in county-level secondary vocational schools by 30 percentage points, the local employment rate of graduates has reached 42%, and more than 2,300 technical problems have been solved for enterprises. The study finds that there are dilemmas such as unbalanced regional sinking, weakened collaborative mechanisms, and biased evaluation orientation in practice. Accordingly, it proposes a three-dimensional breakthrough path of “digital empowerment for balanced allocation”, “interest linkage to strengthen collaboration”, and “differentiated evaluation to guide quality”, providing a “Zhejiang plan” for vocational education empowering county development under the background of common prosperity.
References
Liu CJ, Huang L, 2024, Mechanism and Implementation Path of Higher Vocational Colleges Empowering the Common Prosperity of Rural Elderly Groups. Industrial and Science Tribune, 23(22): 272–275.
Liu Y, 2024, Practical Dilemmas and Action Paths of Agricultural Higher Vocational Colleges Promoting Rural Common Prosperity. Journal of Anhui Agricultural Sciences, 52(16): 239–241.
Xu D, Xu J, 2025, Logic, Dilemmas and Paths Of High-Quality Development Of County-Level Industrial Colleges from the Perspective of Embeddedness Theory. Chinese Vocational and Technical Education, (21): 34–41.
Li Q, 2021, Construction of Industry-Education Integration Community from the Perspective of Symbiosis Theory. Continue Education Research, (11): 96–100.
Zhang B, 2007, Practice and Exploration of Farmers’ Vocational Skill Training in Lishui City. Chinese Vocational and Technical Education, (33): 13–14.
Lü C, 2024, Ecological Structure, Main Contradictions and Practical Paths of Sustainable Development of Higher Vocational Colleges Under the Background of Common Prosperity. Vocational Education, 23(06): 68–73.
Yang BW, 2020, “Qujiang Sample” Of Basic Modernization Construction of Vocational Education. Proceedings of the National Teachers’ Education Research Achievement Conference, 68–70.
Li GM, 2019, Discussion on the Realization Path of In-depth Integration of Vocational Education and Industry in the New Period. Education Teaching Forum, (30): 250–251.
Chen RY, Wang GJ, Liu W, et al., 2022, Practice and Path Optimization of Industry-Education Integration in Vocational Education for the Disabled — Taking Zhejiang Province as An Example. Chinese Vocational and Technical Education, (25): 34–40.
Zhou H, 2020, Current Situation and Countermeasures of County-Level Vocational Education Serving Local Economy — Taking Changde Area as an Example. New West, (08): 66–67.
Ying XQ, 2023, Model Construction and Optimization Strategy of County-Level Industrial Colleges for Higher Vocational Industry-Education Integration Under the Background of Common Prosperity. Chinese Vocational and Technical Education, (01): 40–45.
Xu Y, Yu GY, 2022, Exploration on the Innovative Path of Higher Vocational Education Under the Construction of Zhejiang Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone. Economist, (05): 210–212 + 216.
Ji HL, 2024, Research on the Teaching Path of Integrating the Practice of Zhejiang’s High-Quality Development and Construction of Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone into Higher Vocational Ideological and Political Courses. Cultural And Educational Materials, (14): 58–62.
Liu Y, 2024, Practical Dilemmas and Path Exploration of Higher Vocational Colleges Assisting Common Prosperity. Journal Of Hubei Open Vocational College, 37(08): 76–78.
Zheng YJ, Zhu HP, 2024, Investigation and Analysis of Students’ Learning Situation In Higher Vocational Colleges in Zhejiang Province Under the Background of Common Prosperity. Chinese Vocational and Technical Education, (08): 48–56.