From March 30 to April 1, 2024, the BRICS group standards "Additive Manufacturing Competition", "Industrial Design Technology Competition", "UAV Operation Competition" and "Augmented and Virtual Reality Competition" The skills standard formulation training class was successfully held at BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation (Xiamen).

This seminar invited Liu Zhenying, Chairman of the Belt and Road and BRICS Skills Development International Alliance, Zhou Ming, an expert in the revision of the National Occupational Classification Code and former deputy director of the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Chairman of the Council of the International Innovative Apprenticeship Research Network. , Beijing Normal University vocational education expert Professor Zhao Zhiqun, additive manufacturing competition standard drafting working group expert and Shenzhen Vocational and Technical University associate professor Cheng Lusha, augmented and virtual reality competition standard drafting working group expert and Zhejiang University Virtual Simulation Training Center deputy director Pan Changchun, industrial Yang Lin, an expert in the design technology competition standard drafting working group and a professor at Guizhou Equipment Manufacturing Vocational and Technical College; an expert in the drone operation competition standard drafting working group, He Xiwu, deputy dean of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Wuhan City Vocational College, and the Executive Institute of Beijing Enterprise Education Technology Research Institute President He Yong and Vice President Li Ang conducted training around relevant expert teachers from standard development units such as the group standard competition part, skills part and curriculum part.

Dr. Liu Zhenying, Chairman of the Belt and Road and BRICS Skills Development International Alliance, introduced the work arrangements of the BRICS Skills Standardization Working Committee

Zhou Ming, an expert in the revision of the National Occupational Classification Code and former deputy director of the Education and Examination Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, explained the skills standards part: Introduction to the National Occupational Classification Code and development methods of professional skills standards

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Innovative Apprenticeship Research Network (INAP) and vocational education expert at Beijing Normal University. Professor Zhao Zhiqun explains the curriculum standards part: International curriculum standards theory and development methods

He Yong, Executive Director of Beijing Enterprise Education Research Institute, introduced the four international skills standard development plans and work organization. 

Cheng Lusha, an expert in the additive manufacturing competition standards drafting working group and associate professor at Shenzhen Vocational and Technical University, introduced the development ideas and practical paths for additive manufacturing competition standards.

Pan Changchun, expert of the drafting working group for augmented and virtual reality competition standards and deputy director of the Virtual Simulation Training Center of Zhejiang University, introduced the ideas and practical paths for the development of augmented and virtual reality competition standards. 

Yang Lin, expert of the industrial design technology competition standards drafting working group and professor at Guizhou Equipment Manufacturing Vocational and Technical College, introduced the development ideas and practical paths for the industrial design technology competition standards.

He Xiwu, an expert in the drafting working group for UAV operation competition standards and deputy dean of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Wuhan City Vocational College, introduced the ideas and practical paths for the development of UAV operation competition standards.

Li Ang, deputy director of Beijing Enterprise Education Research Institute, introduced the logic, path and outcome design of standards-led international projects.

At the same time, the training course invited experts and guests from Russia and Ghana to introduce the work related to the development of standards among BRICS countries in the form of offline speeches and video speeches.

Andrei Ermakov, Candidate of Pedagogical Science, Head of Department Computer Science in Faculty of Engineering and Informatics in Ala-Too International Umiversity in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Co-founder Tecnical Association of Industrial Design in Russia

Mamudu Hamidu,  lecturer of Kumasi Technical University,   a former Technical Delegate for Ghana to the WorldSkills Organization, introduced how to participate in the formulation of education and training standards in the field of drones, taking Ghana as an example.

Mr. YURII BABONOV Director-general for China Affairs of Russian House of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation (RH ISTC), introduced the relevant situation of joint debugging of standards between China and Russia

Ms. MARIA ULYANOVA Director of the Center for China Studies of the International Scientific-Research Institute of Management Problems (IRRIPU)
, spoke on the far-reaching impact of the development of BRICS standards.

Group photo of Chinese and foreign guests

Through the early registration collection, a total of 76 units have signed up for the four standard development projects. In the next step, the Beijing Enterprise Science and Technology Research Institute, the organization unit of the four standards, will organize experts to select chief editors and deputy editors. After that, various tasks of standard brick development will be gradually completed according to the work plan, and it is planned to start application work on skills competitions, virtual and real classrooms, and overseas construction projects in the second half of this year. Strive to pragmatically promote cooperation and exchanges in skills development among BRICS countries under the guidance of standards.