From News Center (Text by Qin Weiyin, International Exchange Department (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Work Office), School of International Education; Photo by Conference Organizer) On April 27, 2026, at the annual conference of the China-Indonesia TVET Industry-Education Alliance (CITIEA) held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Liuzhou Polytechnic University (LZPU) and LiuGong Machinery Indonesia Co., Ltd., on behalf of Chinese member institutions and enterprises of the Alliance, officially signed Yogyakarta Declaration on Strengthening China-Indonesia Vocational Education and Industrial Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as the Yogyakarta Declaration) with the Forum of Directors of State Polytechnics in Indonesia (FDPNI) and Forum for Vocational Higher Education in Indonesian (FPTVI). The Declaration calls for the establishment of a regular dialogue mechanism for vocational education between China and Indonesia, the expansion of cooperation in areas such as scientific research collaboration, digital transformation, and the joint development of standard and a skilled talent training network covering the entire territory of Indonesia.

More than 350 representatives from competent authorities, colleges and universities, enterprises, industry organizations and research institutions of China and Indonesia attended the conference on site. The Alliance welcomed 164 new members, bringing its total membership to 343 institutions. Among them, 139 vocational education schools affiliated to Indonesian public universities joined the Alliance as a whole. Since then, Indonesia’s two national-level vocational education organizations have both become members of the Alliance. This historic expansion has achieved full coverage of the two major vocational education sectors under Indonesia’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology.

Against this backdrop, the Alliance held a closed-door meeting of Chinese and Indonesian institutions on the afternoon of the same day. Both sides agreed that, with the expansion of the Alliance and the deepening of substantive cooperation, it is necessary to redefine and upgrade the Alliance's work priorities. During the meeting, the two sides conducted in-depth consultations on improving cooperation mechanisms and standardizing the Alliance's operations. A cooperation framework was reached covering five key areas, including institutionalized coordination, joint standard development, digital transformation, research and innovation, and in-depth enterprise participation. The Declaration was thus officially signed.

The signing of Yogyakarta Declaration marks the Alliance’s official transition from scale expansion to a new stage of high-quality development and standardized operation, providing an action framework for China-Indonesia vocational education cooperation. It serves not only as an important milestone in bilateral vocational education collaboration, but also as another landmark practice for Chinese vocational education standards, models and resources to go global in an integrated way.

As the Chinese chairman unit of the Alliance, LZPU played a key role in the signing of the Declaration. Taking Yogyakarta Declaration as a new starting point, LZPU will work with its Indonesian partners to deepen industry-education integration and scientific research collaboration, and build the Alliance into a model of cooperation for a China-ASEAN community with a shared future in vocational education.

Signing ceremony of Yogyakarta Declaration

Closed-door meeting of the Alliance

Participants of the conference

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