Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic (former Panyu Polytechnic) is located in the center of the Pearl River Delta in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Founded in 1993, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic was the only public school in Guangzhou in the first group of Chinese higher vocational educational institutions. In 2003, the Polytechnic was designated the pioneer college in higher vocational education in Guangzhou by Guangzhou Municipal Government. In April of 2005, we received a general mark of Grade A in a nationwide evaluation of vocational and technical colleges conducted by the State Ministry of Education. Then, In December 2006, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance jointly launched a plan of developing 100 national demonstrative vocational and technical colleges in three years and our polytechnic was selected for our achievement as one of the first 28 colleges to be included in the construction plan.

With an area of 145 hectares, the Polytechnic possesses state – of – the – art facilities for teaching, learning and research. Campus buildings cover an area of 214,000m² with an 11000m² library housing 1.26 million books and 1500 kinds of foreign and Chinese journals. In addition, it has 77 training workshops and 226 off-campus training bases. The teaching instruments and equipment totally value over 70 million Yuan

Currently, Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic has about 9300 students in seven departments and three schools. The departments include: Business Administration, Finance, Tourism Management, Applied Foreign Languages, Architectural Engineering, Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, and Public Courses. The three schools are school of Software, school of Jewelry and school of Art Design. These departments and schools provide 42 specialties that are closely linked to the demand of the local industrial structure and social development. Six of all the specialties------Toy Design & Manufacturing, Computer Network Technology, Financial Management & Practice, Decoration Art Design, Hospitality Management and Jewelry Technique & Appraisal have been chosen as key programs in the national construction plan. In addition, 2 specialties have been chosen to be national pilot programs as part of higher vocational education reforms. Moreover, we have 4 demonstrative specialties at provincial level, 5 provincial level key specialties which are being constructed to be demonstrative ones, 6 demonstrative specialties at municipal level. 8 courses are awarded national top-quality courses, 12 provincial top-quality courses and 5 municipal ones

The Polytechnic is proud of its teaching staff that is recruited from all over the nation. 35% of the teachers hold high professional titles, 50% of young teachers hold master’s and doctor’s degree and 71.5% are “dual-qualified” teachers. Moreover, two teachers are winners of special allowance of State Council, one holds the title of National Level Famous Teacher in higher educational institutions and three hold the title of Guangdong Provincial Famous Teacher. Six teachers were awarded Nanyue Distinguished Teacher of Guangdong Province.

Since 2001, we have chosen a way to develop the school coordinately and sustainably by keeping the balance between quality, the scale and the benefits. Efforts have been made in teaching reform to cultivate students’ creativity and vocational competence. These efforts are rewarded by prizes in teaching achievements of different levels ranging from national, provincial to municipal ones------ one second prize at national level, 2  first prizes at provincial level, 1 special prize and 5 first prizes at municipal level.

In addition to offering programs for vocational training at school, we also take serving the local society as our commitment. There are a national training base for skillful talents in computer application and software technology, a national training base for talents in toy industry, a municipal training base for professionals in mold industry and a municipal training base for teachers in secondary vocational schools. Furthermore, our school of software has been nominated one of the first model software schools in Guangdong Province. Presently, the National Vocational Skill Identification Station has been set up which provides 42 kinds of appraisal and training programs.

Our goal is to nurture quality highly skilled talents （One Professional Skill + Comprehensive Quality）for the economic and social development. To fulfill this goal, the teaching is designed to be quality-education-based, competence-centered, employment-oriented and enterprise-school cooperated. The “dual-certificate” (Diploma + Vocational Qualification Certificate) requirement guarantees students a strong educational and vocational foundation. As a result, student employment statistics have been exceptional in recent years. The employment rate of our 2004 and 2005 graduating classes placed Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic at the top of the list for both colleges and universities in Guangdong.

For more than ten years, the Polytechnic has received strong financial support from both government and private individuals. Benefactors from Hong Kong, Macao – in particular those individuals of Panyu origin – have given both moral and financial support for the on-going growth of the college. Among them are Mr. Huo Yingdong, former Vice Chairman of China Political Consultative Conference, Mr. He Houhua, Chief Executive of Macao Special Administrative Region, Mr. Chen Ruiqiu, member of CPPC, Mr. He Tian and He Shanheng. Our benefactors have significantly contributed to the development of Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic and its students. The support from the benefactors and leaders at different levels will always encourage us to build the school to be a national model of higher vocational education with distinguished local features.

Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic is active in international exchange and cooperation. It has established extensive relations with renowned foreign universities, vocational educational colleges and training institutions. On one hand, the school constantly invites overseas cooperative universities and colleges for an exchange, and provides joint programs to introduce quality vocational education resources; on the other, our school assigns its backbone teachers abroad to learn the advanced concepts and successful experience in vocational education in foreign countries. Currently We have established cooperative relationships with universities and vocational training organizations outside of mainland China. These include institutions in Germany, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Belgium, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Today, all the staff and students are striving to build Guangzhou Panyu Polytechnic into a National Demonstrative Vocational College with its own distinct local features.