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Cooperation and Development—Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Government Loan Cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and the State of Israel Teaching and Training Equipment Procurement Project of Dehong Vocational Education Park, Yunnan Province Implementation Time:August, 2010- April 2015 Loan Amount:USD 10 Million Construction Contents: Purchase of 3,354 sets of training equipment. The Building and expanding of 64 training rooms in addition to adding 2,000 new training stations. Achievements: 1. Improvement in the School Conditions and Enhancement in the Quality of teaching. The project significantly improves the ability of sustainable development of the Dehong prefecture vocational education. The total value of teaching equipment in Dehong Vocational Education Park increased from RMB 15.075 million yuan to RMB 76.275 million yuan. The number of students went up from 7,000 to 11,000. The equipment value per student went up from RMB 2,154 to RMB 6,934. The experiment and training courses practice ratio went up from 65% to over 95%, which is more than 60% of the total teaching hours. In the past 3 years, students of the school have won 1 First place Prize and 15 Second place Prizes in the high-level and mid-level vocational skills competitions of Yunnan Province. The major of vehicle repair was awarded as the provincial leading major, and the major of nursing was awarded as the provincial demonstrative major. 2. Training High Skilled Talents, Serving Economic transformation and Development Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong is located in the southwest part of Yunnan Province. It is the key component of “the Belt and Road” strategy, facing the radiation center of South Asia and Southeast Asia and the pioneer construction area of the BCIM economic corridor. The practical, managerial and high skilled talents trained by Dehong Vocational Education Park improved the quality of the local population. The Initial Employment Rate of our graduates has gone up from 96% to 98.2%. Dehong Vocational Education Park closely integrates with local development needs. The number of graduates who start up businesses with skills has gone up from 96 to 178. Dehong Vocational Education Park provides external training and skill authentication for nearly 10,000 person-time every year and holds the innovative activities related to a Vehicle, machinery, medical and health etc. It not only promotes the potential economic growth but also helps frontier minority poverty areas achieve a leapforward in developments. 3. Serving West Part of Yunnan Province and Some Areas of Burma and Thailand As the pilot zone of “Reform on Vocational Education Mode and the Talents Training System in the Frontier Minority Area” initiated by the Ministry of Education, it demonstrated a leading project through communication with other vocational education zones such as Song Ming, Chu Xiong, Pu Er, Bao Shan etc. As the radiation center, Dehong Vocational Education Park has recruited 51 students from Burma, Thailand and other countries. 71