Tianjin to provide 200 vocational training packages

Tianjin will provide 200 vocational training packages for 50 professions in 2013, according to the Tianjin Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

A report by Metro Express said that Tianjin took the lead in publishing the new standard for the "vocational training package", a project designed to cultivate high-quality laborers and technicians. The new standard stressed promoting 200 vocational training packages for 50 occupations.

The training will target three groups of people ?? workers, vocational college students and unemployed people.

"It is estimated that 1 million people will receive training, including 200,000 high-level mechanics and 50,000 technicians. Eighty percent of the trained professionals will become employed", said Yu Maodong, vice-director of the bureau.