A delegation of ASEAN education officials recently traveled to Guangdong to explore potential cooperation with China in vocational education. On October 23, they visited GAC Group's headquarters in Guangzhou.
ASEAN education officials during the visit to GAC (Photo: Pan Jiajun)
After being introduced to the history, growth strategies, and the automated production line of GAC, some of them shared the possibilities for collaboration they found there with GDToday.
A model of the automated production line of GAC (Photo: Pan Jiajun)
Yudil Chatim, Education and Culture Attaché from the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in China, expressed hopes for GAC to connect with Indonesian educational institutions and help train Indonesian students with their technology.
"This is much better for them and also for us," he stated and pointed out that such cooperation would provide GAC with qualified workers to produce automobiles locally in Indonesia, reducing production costs.
Muhammad Sallehuddin Bin Mohd Dilif, Counsellor of Education at the Embassy of Malaysia in China, hoped there could be some internship programs with GAC for Malaysian students to learn about electric vehicle (EV) technology. In an interview earlier on the morning of October 23, he told the media that EV is one of the key TVET fields that the Malaysian government wants to focus on in recent years.
Three ASEAN education officials sitting in a GAC electric vehicle (Photo: Pan Jiajun)
Although Chindavong Xaiyasin, the Counsellor of Education and Culture at the Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in China, noted the rising EV usage in Laos, he expressed concerns about after-sales services.
"These cars are nice. But we don't have enough skilled workers who can provide after-sales service in Laos," he said and expressed hopes for Lao students to study new energy technology in China and for Chinese EV companies to collaborate with educational institutions in Laos.
Reporter | Chen Siyuan
Video | Pan Jiajun
Photo | Pan Jiajun
Editor | Nan, Will, James