Guangdong Water Resources and Electric Power Vocational and Technical College is a provincial public full-time higher vocational college with distinctive industry characteristics. Formerly Guangzhou Civil Engineering School, founded in 1952, it was upgraded to a higher vocational college in 1999. In December 2018, the school was transferred from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Water Resources to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education. The school is a national "double high plan" construction unit, a national backbone higher vocational college, a national high-quality water conservancy higher vocational college, a national water conservancy vocational education demonstration college, and the fourth national civilized unit. It is a first-class higher vocational college in Guangdong Province and a demonstrative higher vocational college in Guangdong Province. It has been selected as a national high-quality junior college higher vocational college, the first batch of demonstration vocational education group (alliance) cultivation units (vice chairman units) of the Ministry of Education, the third batch of modern apprenticeship pilot units of the Ministry of Education, the top 50 typical colleges of higher vocational education governance system in 2022, 100 excellent colleges in the teacher development index of higher vocational colleges, the first batch of national top 100 higher vocational colleges in production and education integration, and a typical college for international cooperation and exchange in vocational education in 2022. It has won the honorary titles of National University with Typical Experience in Graduate Employment, Advanced Unit of Vocational Education in Guangdong Province, Demonstration School of School Governance by Law in Guangdong Province, Energy-saving Demonstration University in Guangdong Province, Water-saving University in Guangdong Province, Green School in Guangdong Province, and Collective of Guangdong Province's "May 1st Labor Award". It has been awarded one of the "Third Batch of National Party Building Benchmarking Department Cultivation Units", two "Three-Type" Party Branches in Guangdong Province, and one Model Branch of Party Building Work in the Province. The school currently has two campuses in Tianhe and Conghua, Guangzhou, with 15 teaching units including the School of Water Conservancy Engineering, the School of Electrical Engineering, the School of Economics and Management, the School of Municipal Engineering, the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Intelligent Manufacturing, the School of Automation and Information Technology, the School of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, the School of Architectural Environment and Design, the School of Foreign Languages and Foreign Trade, the School of Marxism, the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the School of International Education, the School of Continuing Education, and the Department of Public Courses, covering an area of about 1,500 acres, with 2.18 million books, and the total value of teaching and scientific research equipment is 260 million yuan. There are more than 19,000 full-time students and more than 700 faculty and staff. The school has created a high-level "double-qualified" teaching team led by famous teachers and industry masters, and "double-qualified" teachers account for more than 88%. Among the full-time teachers, there are more than 600 teachers with associate senior titles or above and master's degrees or above. Among the teachers of our school, there is one expert who enjoys the special government allowance of the State Council, one person who won the title of "National Model of Teaching and Educating People", three "National Excellent Teachers", one "Ten Thousand People Plan" teaching master, one "National Model Teacher", one "National Excellent Teacher of Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Colleges and Universities", and 12 "National Water Conservancy Vocational Education Masters"; 3 provincial teaching masters, 1 provincial "Special Support Plan" teaching master, 1 "South Guangdong Model", 5 "South Guangdong Excellent Teachers", 3 "South Guangdong Excellent Educators", 1 "Guangdong Technical Expert", 5 "Guangdong Higher Vocational Education Professional Leading Talents", and 36 "Provincial High-level Skilled Part-time Teachers". The school was awarded 1 "National Vocational Education Teacher Teaching Innovation Team", 7 "Provincial Teaching Teams", and 4 "Provincial Skill Master Studios". One person was hired as a member of the National Teacher Ethics Construction Expert Committee, one person was elected as a member of the Teaching Steering Committee for Ideological and Political Theory Courses of Higher Vocational Colleges of the Ministry of Education, and 3 people were elected as members of the new Industry Vocational Education Teaching Steering Committee and Vocational College Teaching (Education) Steering Committee. The school takes the path of connotation development and characteristic development, closely connects with key industries such as modern water conservancy and electricity in Guangdong Province and emerging industries such as intelligent manufacturing, advanced information technology, and modern services, forming 10 professional groups such as water conservancy and hydropower construction engineering, and power supply and use technology. At present, there are 46 majors for enrollment, 1 national high-level professional group is under construction, 1 national vocational education professional teaching resource library is built, 4 key majors of national backbone higher vocational colleges, 4 key majors of the National Innovation and Development Action Plan, 2 national modern apprenticeship pilot majors, 2 central finance supported majors, 4 national high-quality water conservancy majors; 7 provincial high-level professional groups, 6 provincial first-class brand majors, 8 second-class brand majors, and 3 provincial key majors. There are 12 pilot majors for high school-undergraduate connection and 14 majors for Sino-foreign cooperation. The school has won 1 national online boutique course, 1 curriculum ideological and political demonstration course of the Ministry of Education, 2 national boutique resource sharing courses, 3 national boutique courses, 12 provincial boutique online open courses, 22 provincial boutique open courses, and 11 provincial boutique courses; 4 national planning textbooks, 29 water conservancy industry planning textbooks, and won 2 national teaching achievement awards and 17 provincial (ministerial) teaching achievement awards. The school insists on talent training as the center, building a talent training system with industry-specific integration of production and education, and training, and actively cultivates students' practical ability and innovation ability. Closely cooperate with well-known companies such as China Power Construction Water Environment Governance Technology Co., Ltd., China Power Construction Group Co., Ltd., and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the school and enterprises jointly build 9 characteristic industry colleges such as Beijing Enterprises Water College, Environmental Art Industry College, Intelligent Equipment Design and Manufacturing Industry College, Smart Water Conservancy Industry College, and Teddy Data Intelligent Industry College. The school and enterprises jointly build 15 provincial-level higher vocational education on-campus practical teaching bases and 11 provincial-level college students' off-campus practical teaching bases. The school was selected into the national vocational education demonstration virtual simulation training base cultivation project. In the past three years, students have won 271 national awards in various competitions and 268 awards in the professional skills competitions of vocational college students in the province, with a professional coverage rate of 100% in the skills competition. The school graduates have strong practical ability, excellent industry quality, and fast job adaptation. The employment network mainly radiates the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In recent years, the implementation rate of graduates' destinations has exceeded 96%, and the professional matching rate is about 90%. The school has obtained 5 employment education projects approved by the Ministry of Education for supply-demand matching. The core indicators of graduates' employment competitiveness have all been rising steadily, and some indicators have exceeded the average level of "double-high" schools. In recent years, the employment rate and salary of our graduates have been among the highest in the province, and they are well received and praised by employers. Over the past 70 years, the school has trained more than 110,000 graduates and made outstanding contributions to the economic and social development of the industry and the region. The school attaches importance to innovation and entrepreneurship education and carries out the innovation and entrepreneurship education upgrade project. One innovation and entrepreneurship education course was rated as a demonstration course for employment and entrepreneurship in Guangdong Province's colleges and universities. The practice system continues to deepen and enrich, with 18 maker spaces, 1 crowd innovation space, 1 employment and entrepreneurship e-station, 1 maker association activity center, and 10 off-campus innovation and entrepreneurship practice platforms, with an annual coverage of 100% of innovation and entrepreneurship activities. As of May 2023, 13 new entrepreneurial teams have been added and 6 new registered companies have been added. The Maker Space was rated as a demonstration base for innovation and entrepreneurship incubation in Guangzhou, and the College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship was awarded the title of "Typical Experience Group for Employment and Entrepreneurship of Graduates from Ordinary Colleges and Universities in Guangdong Province". The school was rated as the first batch of national vocational colleges with industry-education integration, innovation and entrepreneurship "double top 100" units. The school is based on the water conservancy and hydropower industry, connects with the development plan of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the development plan of strategic emerging industries in Guangdong Province, and actively carries out technology research and development, technical services and vocational training. The technical skills innovation service platform covers all majors and professional groups of the school, and has built 6 provincial platforms, 1 collaborative development center, and 33 school-level platforms. In the past three years, teachers and students have obtained more than 350 patent authorizations, including 20 invention patents, realized more than 90 scientific and technological achievements transformation and promotion technologies, undertaken more than 600 vertical and horizontal scientific and technological topics and technical service projects, and won 1 third prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Award. In 2020, it was listed in the "Top 10 Innovation Capacity List of Junior Colleges and Universities in Guangdong Province". The school is a "water conservancy cadre training institution" of the Ministry of Water Resources, a "vocational skill appraisal station for unique types of work in the water conservancy industry", a water conservancy talent education base in Guangdong Province, a water conservancy talent education base in Hainan Province, a special operations personnel training institution in Guangdong Province, a special operations personnel theory and practical operation examination site in Guangdong Province, a "double-qualified" teacher training base for "water conservancy and hydropower construction engineering majors (groups)" of the Ministry of Education, a participating unit in the formulation of national vocational skill standards, a "double-qualified" teacher training base for vocational colleges in Guangdong Province, a vocational skill level certification institution recognized by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, and a "community school" in Conghua District.The average annual training volume is nearly 160,000 people per day. Jointly with enterprises, 3 vocational skill level certificates for the water conservancy industry have been developed; 20 1+X certificate system pilots have been approved, covering 36 majors. The school actively carries out foreign exchanges and cooperation to create an international joint training brand with hydropower characteristics. It has cooperated with more than 50 overseas institutions, including Jackson College in the United States, Holmesglen Institute of Technology in Australia, University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom, University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, Beaver College in the United States, and STEKOM School in Indonesia. The first Sino-foreign cooperative higher vocational education institution in Guangdong Province was established, 16 cooperative majors were developed, and Chinese and foreign teachers were organized to jointly develop 7 internationally recognized professional standards, 9 course standards, and 10 Sino-foreign co-edited textbooks, with a total of 216 international students enrolled. It took the lead in establishing the South China "Belt and Road" Vocational Education Water Conservancy and Electric Power Alliance, and built 9 overseas educational institutions, including the Tanzania Luban Workshop and Tanzania Dayu College. Won the title of "Advanced Group of Foreign Exchange and Cooperation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutions in 2015", won the title of "Top 50 Influential Vocational Colleges in Asia-Pacific" from 2018 to 2020, and won the "Brand Project Contribution Award" of the 2022 China-ASEAN Education Exchange Week. A new journey of seventy years, struggle and sail again. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the school implements the Party's education policy, adheres to the moral education of people, the cultivation of both morality and skills, adheres to the integration of production and education, and school-enterprise cooperation, and actively explores the road of the water college of Guangdong with Chinese-style modernization. In the vivid practice of our province insisting on promoting the high-quality development of the real economy with the manufacturing industry as the main body, it has created a new pattern, demonstrated new actions, and made new contributions!
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