The All-China Federation of Trade Unions will focus on supporting the construction of 200 crafts colleges in 2026

China News Service, Beijing, November 12 (Reporter Yu Zhanyi) The reporter learned from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions on the 12th that in order to deepen the reform of building a team of industrial workers and improve the technical skills of the majority of employees, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has recently identified 200 craftsman colleges that will be supported in the construction of 2026.

According to reports, the support for construction work in 2026 will be closely aligned with the country’s “15th Five-Year Plan” and will mainly target key traditional industries, emerging industries and future industries, highlighting the effectiveness of training and the improvement of employee skills. Among the 200 craftsmen colleges, 71%, 24.5% and 4.5% are built by enterprises and vocational colleges (including technical colleges) and self-constructed by labor unions respectively. A total of 492 specialty jobs have been cultivated, covering 19 national economic industry categories, mainly distributed in information transmission, software and information technology service industries, electric power, heat, gas and water production and supply industries, of which manufacturing accounts for 55%. It has opened more than 68,000 offline courses and released more than 10,000 online skills courses. Since the beginning of this year, it has trained more than 1.5 million employees. Among the full-time and part-time teachers of the Craftsman College, there are nearly 38,600 model workers and craftsmen.

In October 2024, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions issued a three-year action plan (2024-2026) for the construction of the craftsman college system, proposing that by 2026, a craftsman college system that covers the country, serves the workers, has distinctive trade union characteristics, outstanding technical skills training capabilities, and has significant results in cultivating craftsman talents will be basically established, with a focus on supporting the construction of 500 craftsmen colleges.