Xinjiang Agricultural Vocational and Technical College is located in the Wuchang area of Urumqi Metropolitan Area, the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. It is a public full-time general college that offers higher vocational education. The college was formerly Changji Agricultural School, founded in 1958. In 1988, it was affiliated to the Autonomous Region Agricultural Department and renamed Xinjiang Agricultural School. In 2000, it was upgraded to Xinjiang Agricultural Vocational and Technical College. In 2008, it merged with the former Autonomous Region Agricultural Cadre School and integrated into the current Xinjiang Agricultural Vocational and Technical College. In 2006, the college was identified by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance as one of the first 28 "National Demonstration Higher Vocational College Construction Units" in the country, and passed the acceptance with excellent results in 2009. The college is the first batch of pilot higher vocational colleges in Xinjiang for "jointly cultivating applied undergraduate talents through higher vocational education and undergraduate education". In 2019, it was recognized as a "high-quality junior college higher vocational college" by the Ministry of Education, and was listed as a "construction unit of the Chinese characteristic high-level higher vocational school and professional construction plan" by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance. In 2021, it was recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Education as "one of the top 100 high-quality schools for cultivating rural revitalization talents in the country." The college has successively won the titles of "National Advanced Unit of Vocational Education", "National Advanced Grassroots Party Organization for Pioneering and Striving for Excellence", "Huang Yanpei Vocational Education Excellent School", "National March 8 Red Flag Collective", "National Advanced Working Committee Collective", "National 100 Moral Education and Scientific Research Famous Schools", "National University Graduate Employment Typical Experience College", "National Practice Education Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base", "National Advanced Democratic Management Unit", "Ministry of Education Modern Apprenticeship Pilot Unit", "National Vocational College Teaching Management Top 50", "Student Management Top 50", "Internship Management Top 50". It has been selected into the first batch of national exemplary vocational education groups (alliances), vocational education demonstration virtual simulation training base cultivation projects and the first batch of national vocational college principal training and cultivation bases. It is an excellent college in the national higher vocational college teacher development index. It has long been ranked among the top agricultural higher vocational colleges in the country and is a banner of vocational education in Xinjiang. The college covers an area of more than 6,000 acres and has Changji Campus and Urumqi Campus. It has convenient transportation and is located within the 30-kilometer traffic circle of Urumqi International Airport and High-speed Railway Station. Wuchang is located in the center of the Eurasian continent and is the core growth pole of Xinjiang's economic development. It is home to listed companies and large-scale enterprises, providing a broad platform for the college to deepen the integration of production and education and school-enterprise cooperation. It is a "dual base" for internships and employment for many students. The college has more than 15,000 students. The campus has an elegant environment, shaded by trees, beautiful scenery, and a strong cultural atmosphere. It is a good place for students to study, grow, and become talents. The college currently has more than 880 full-time teachers, with strong faculty and many famous teachers. It has one Huang Danian-style teacher team in national universities, four national-level vocational education teacher teaching innovation teams, and 12 provincial-level teaching teams. There are 1 national model of teaching and educating people, 4 national famous teachers, 2 outstanding principals and 2 outstanding teachers of Huang Yanpei vocational education, 1 influential figure of the annual ideological and political theory course in national colleges and universities, 1 most beautiful ideological and political teacher of the Ministry of Education, 2 advanced individuals of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1 "Tianshan Leading Talent" in Xinjiang, 1 expert with outstanding contributions in the autonomous region, and more than 70 people in the autonomous region's "2+5" key talent plan. More than 100 awards have been won in various teaching ability, professional ability, innovation and entrepreneurship competitions at all levels in the country and the autonomous region. The college has distinctive school-running characteristics and fruitful teaching results. There are 15 colleges including the College of Animal Science and Technology, the College of Biotechnology, the College of Garden Science and Technology, the College of Grain, Oil, Food and Material Reserves, the College of Information Technology, the College of Radio and Television Digital Media, the College of Finance and Economics, the College of Business, the College of Rural Revitalization, the College of Agricultural Engineering, the College of International Cooperation, the College of Continuing Education, the College of Marxism, the College of Humanities, and the College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Serving Xinjiang's rural revitalization, focusing on the transformation and upgrading of the modern agricultural industrial system of the four major industrial clusters of "grain and oil, cotton and textile clothing, green organic fruits and vegetables, and high-quality livestock products", it has set up 15 professional groups and opened 45 majors. It is a national modern apprenticeship talent training pilot unit and has hosted 5 national teaching achievement awards for vocational education. There are 2 national high-level professional groups, 8 national key majors, 16 backbone majors, and 11 provincial characteristic brand majors; 6 national quality courses, 3 national quality online open courses, 18 provincial quality courses, 5 provincial quality online open courses, and 3 provincial curriculum ideological and political demonstration courses. There is a national virtual simulation training and cultivation base. The college has complete teaching facilities and advanced teaching equipment. It has advanced experimental training conditions and rich graphic information resources. There are four production-education integration training bases: "Digital Media Integration and Dual Innovation Base", "Agricultural Products Trade and Logistics Production-Education Integration Training Base", "Dongquan Modern Agricultural Technology Demonstration Training Base", and "Modern Seed Industry and Animal Husbandry Production-Education Integration Training Base". We have built productive training bases such as animal hospitals and seed quality testing centers, and more than 1,000 "dual bases" for on-the-job internships and employment outside the school. We have deepened the integration of industry and education, deeply cooperated with 30 leading enterprises, jointly built 78 industry-education integration practice platforms, 141 teaching laboratories integrating theory and practice, and carried out 72 industry-education integration and school-enterprise cooperation projects. We have innovatively implemented the entity operation mechanism of "mixed investment, deep co-construction, benefit sharing, and integrated training", and co-built 5 characteristic industry colleges with enterprises. We have built 44 studios with technical backbones and skill masters of industry enterprises, 1 skill master studio recognized by the Ministry of Education, and 2 skill master studios in the autonomous region, and established 12 provincial mixed-ownership pilot projects. Relying on the school-enterprise scientific research platform, we have carried out the reform of innovative talent training mode of project training system. We have innovatively practiced the nationally renowned "one and a half rounds" talent training mode of combining work and study. The college has jointly built 16 technology innovation service platforms covering the entire industrial chain of modern agriculture with the government, industry, school, enterprise and science and technology park, and created technology transformation and technology service platforms such as "Eurasian Modern Agriculture Development Center" and "Rural Revitalization Industry Promotion Center". The college has selected and approved 8 new varieties of melons and vegetables with independent intellectual property rights, participated in the selection and breeding of 31 new varieties such as corn, approved 118 authorized patents, formulated 9 local standards, and carried out 16 new technologies, new processes and new product development. He presided over more than 100 scientific research projects at the department level and above. He won 6 awards including the third prize of the autonomous region's scientific and technological progress. The college actively gives play to Xinjiang's location advantages and the college's advantages in modern agriculture and animal husbandry majors, takes the lead in establishing the Silk Road Eurasian Colleges and Universities (Vocational Education) Alliance, participates in the initiation of the China-Pakistan Agriculture and Forestry Industry-Education Cooperation Committee, and has established contacts and cooperation with more than 20 overseas colleges and institutions so far. Build 16 international courses, and establish a vegetable seedling demonstration base and a modern seed industry technology demonstration park in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan respectively. The college has successively won the title of "Higher International Vocational College Construction Unit" of the Autonomous Region, the "Outstanding Contribution Award for China-Pakistan International Education Cooperation" of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in China, and the first batch of "Agricultural Foreign-related Training and Teaching Bases" of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The college took the lead in establishing the Xinjiang First Industry Vocational Education Park, actively participated in 5 national agricultural vocational education groups such as China Modern Agriculture and the National Vocational College Consolidation of Poverty Alleviation Results and Rural Revitalization Cooperation Alliance, and took the lead in the construction of Changji Prefecture Modern Agricultural Vocational Education Group, forming a "national-autonomous region-prefecture" three-level vocational education group school-running pattern, relying on the innovative service platform of the vocational education group, going deep into the hinterland of key agricultural industries, and building a new technology demonstration service and training network system in Xinjiang. The college trains more than 40,000 farmers and herdsmen annually, and has promoted nearly one million acres of excellent varieties of cotton, rice, corn and other high-quality and efficient cultivation models, driving more than 100,000 farmers out of poverty and becoming rich. Focusing on the overall goal of Xinjiang work, the college decisively decided to "go south", and successively managed four secondary vocational schools in Shache County, Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture, and Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, creating a new model of management and assistance. The "Rural Revitalization Talent Training School" was jointly established with Hotan Lopu Secondary Vocational and Technical School and Xinjiang Corps Xingxin Vocational and Technical College. "Going north" to Altay, it signed a cooperation agreement with the regional administrative office to fully cooperate in science and technology services, vocational education, international exchanges and other aspects to serve the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. With the school motto of "nourishing virtue and honing ability, and achieving perfection", the school spirit of "unifying knowledge and action, and reading life", the teaching style of "improving virtue and studying, and spreading love in the oasis", and the style of study of "strengthening character, strengthening skills, and striving for beauty", the college has guided generations of students to grow and become talents, and has created a large number of outstanding talents in all walks of life. The college's operation has been recognized by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Party Committee and the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, and generally praised by all sectors of society. Mainstream media such as "People's Daily", "Guangming Daily", "China Education Daily", and "Xinjiang Daily" have repeatedly reported on the college's special school operation on the front page.In the course of more than 60 years of running schools, the college has always adhered to and strengthened the overall leadership of the Party, adhered to the socialist direction of running schools, fully implemented the Party's education policy, and always adhered to the school-running orientation based in Xinjiang and serving the "three rural issues"; adhering to the spirit of hard work, reform and innovation, courage to take responsibility, and pursuit of excellence; adhering to the school-running philosophy of "professionals follow the industry, and teaching follows production", actively serving the economic and social development of Xinjiang, serving the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and promoting the resonance of professional construction and economic and social development; deepening the integration of production and education, school-enterprise cooperation, and innovating the mechanism system of deep integration of production, learning, research and application, and embarking on a road of innovative development of vocational education with distinctive characteristics of "three rural issues". At the new starting point of the great development of vocational education, the college will not forget its original intention, keep its mission in mind, forge ahead, and work hard. With the fundamental task of cultivating talents who love the country, Xinjiang, take responsibility and dedication, know agriculture, love agriculture and promote agriculture, and take serving the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt and promoting rural revitalization and agricultural and rural modernization as its own responsibility, we will seize the strategic opportunities of the autonomous region to promote high-quality development in education, agriculture and talents, and actively adapt to the new needs of the transformation and upgrading of the modern agricultural industrial system dominated by core technologies such as biological breeding, big data, and artificial intelligence for front-line compound high-level technical and skilled talents. We will adhere to the school-running philosophy of "moral education first, everyone becomes a talent, integration of production and education, and empowerment of science and technology", adhere to the overall positioning of "based on the 'three rural issues', looking at the whole country, and serving Xinjiang", closely focus on national food security and agricultural product supply, anchor Xinjiang's rural revitalization and agricultural and rural modernization, serve the construction of a strong agricultural region with high quality, and build the college into a training base for high-level technical and skilled talents on the front line of Xinjiang's "three rural issues", a demonstration and promotion and R&D center for key core agricultural technologies, and a training highland for practical talents of all levels and types in agriculture and rural areas.
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