On December 23, it was jointly organized by the Vocational Education Committee of the Ministry of Education of Thailand, the National E-Commerce Vocational Education and Teaching Steering Committee, the “One Belt, One Road” E-commerce Valley Project Construction and Development Council, the Confucius Institute at Chiang Mai University and Beijing Doctoral Advisors Information Technology Co., Ltd. The 2021 first "PhD Guide Cup" Sino-Thai Vocational College Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Invitational Competition was successfully concluded.
Meng Tong Pasuwan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Vocational Education Committee of the Ministry of Education of Thailand, Tipawan Weng Yuxian, Director of the Vocational Education Committee of the Ministry of Education of Thailand, Wu Honggui, Deputy Secretary-General of the National E-Commerce Vocational Education and Teaching Steering Committee, and the Chinese Institute of the Confucius Institute at Chiang Mai University Chang Lianchen, Chairman of Ph.D. Advisor Duan Jian and other guests from the organizers attended the meeting; Shen Yi, Executive Deputy Director of Yunnan Normal University Chinese International Promotion Teacher Training Base (Kunming), Lin Zhen, Vice President of Guangxi Economic and Trade Vocational and Technical College, Hou Hou, President of Beijing Business School Guang, Li Wangying, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Chengdu Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Trade, Li Linna, Vice President of Hainan Vocational and Technical College, Xu Yingnan, Dean of the School of Electronic Commerce and Logistics of Suzhou Economic and Trade Vocational and Technical College, Yang Guoliang, Dean of the School of Economics and Management of Tianjin Vocational University, etc. Co-organize and support school leaders to attend the online award ceremony. Nearly 300 representatives of teachers and students from Chinese and Thai universities watched the live broadcast of the event online. The award ceremony was hosted by Lai Lin, a public teacher from the Confucius Institute at Chiang Mai University.
Mengtong Pasuwan said that this competition can enable students to apply what they have learned, help students enrich their e-commerce skills, and communicate and exchange feelings well. While the epidemic has not yet dissipated, e-commerce will help Thailand's economic recovery. The Thai Vocational Education Commission will maintain cooperation with the Chinese side, and continue to hold the next competition based on the experience of successfully holding this competition.
Wu Honggui said in his speech that digital skills are a necessary skill upgrade for the workforce to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution, and one of the core skills of talents in the digital economy era. The National E-commerce Banking Committee takes the "Belt and Road" E-commerce Valley International Cooperation Project as the carrier, actively promotes the value of skills, enhances the value and space for the development of skilled talents, through standard cooperation, professional certification, curriculum development, teacher training, student exchanges, skills Bilateral and multilateral cooperation will be carried out in the fields of competitions, business incubation, and industrial cooperation, and efforts will be made to build connectors and accelerators for digital skills and digital economic development. This competition allows us to see the unlimited creativity of young people, experience the vigor and vitality of young people, and feel the enthusiasm of young people for e-commerce innovation and entrepreneurship, which is also our hope.
Lian Chen, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at Chiang Mai University, said that the original intention of holding the "PhD Cup" is to encourage young people from China and Thailand to help each other through the practice of e-commerce skills training and e-commerce innovation and entrepreneurship projects. The mind will help Thailand's economic recovery and the friendly exchanges between the vocational colleges of the two countries. From this entry, we can feel that China and Thailand have huge cooperation demands for each other. The desire of the youth of the two countries for international cooperation and project exchanges will definitely become the driving force to promote the future development of China-Thailand cross-border e-commerce industry. and core power.
Duan Jian, Chairman of Doctoral Advisor Co., Ltd., said that under the background of repeated epidemics, he hopes to promote the youth of China and Thailand to actively embrace the digital age, use digital skills to help industrial transformation, seize new opportunities in the digital economy, and explore new models and contents of Sino-Thai cooperation. , establish the determination and confidence of e-commerce entrepreneurship, and achieve a better future. Doctoral Supervisors will also continue to explore richer and more diverse forms of communication and learning, and work with all parties to enrich the connotation of the "Chinese + Vocational Skills" project and innovate cooperation models.
Lin Zhen, vice president of Guangxi Economic and Trade Vocational and Technical College, believes that the competition provides a good opportunity for Chinese and Thai young people to communicate in depth, learn from each other and enhance understanding, enhance the enthusiasm of young people from the two countries to rely on e-commerce to start a business, and further enhance the college's commitment to China The confidence in the sustainable development of the "Chinese + Vocational Skills" project of Thai cooperation, and I hope that the competition will continue to be held frequently.
In 2021, the first "Doctor Cup" Sino-Thai Vocational College Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Invitational Competition will deeply implement the construction connotation of the "Belt and Road" e-commerce valley project, aiming to help young people with entrepreneurial dreams to broaden their business vision in the digital economy era and cultivate business thinking. Practice business ethics, let go of entrepreneurial dreams through skill competition, and achieve life value in the era of digital economy. The theme of the competition is "Skills Cooperation to Promote Digital Economy, Youth Entrepreneurship to Boost Economic Vitality", and guide students to actively explore how to use e-commerce to realize innovation and entrepreneurship under the circumstance that the epidemic is difficult to retreat, and help Thailand's economic recovery.
Since its official launch on September 28, the competition has received enthusiastic responses from teachers and students of Chinese and Thai colleges and universities. 221 teams from 99 colleges and universities in China and Thailand have actively participated, and 20 colleges have been shortlisted for the semi-finals. In the end, the "Biyun Sanfei" team of Beijing Business School won the first prize of the competition, Hubei Engineering Vocational College, Surat Thani Vocational College, Chongqing Finance and Economics Vocational College, Guangzhou Railway Vocational and Technical College and Hat Yai Province (Rouen Batan · Ratnigong) Community Industrial and Technical College won the second and third prizes respectively.
The representative of the Thai judges from Phitsanulok Vocational College, Bhumipa Wanapipapong, concluded that the entries from the Thai side fully combined the local customs and customs, and were more in line with the preferences of ASEAN countries. The dissemination is very in-depth; while the Chinese players are more familiar with the short video operation and application skills, and the forms, contents and creativity of the works are also more diverse and rich.
Zhou Ying, the instructor of Beijing Business School, and Li Tigong Shang Xizan, the instructor of Surat Thani Vocational College agreed that the competition enriched the students' practical experience and provided a good international display stage for the students. Players from both China and Thailand also expressed that while this competition has improved their e-commerce operation skills, they have also gained a different learning experience, which has deepened everyone's understanding of the traditional culture of China and Thailand and mutual exchanges.
The competition opened the eyes of young people, enriched their horizons, and stimulated their enthusiasm for e-commerce entrepreneurship. China and Thailand will also continue in-depth cooperation, carry out richer cross-cultural exchange activities for young people in China and ASEAN countries, improve youth skills and cultural vision, promote the development of regional digital economy, and contribute to the popularization of digital skills in China and ASEAN countries.