In the post-epidemic era, when the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, it is even more necessary for us to smooth the channels of people-to-people exchanges. Through the interaction between young people, improve their cross-cultural communication, communication and cooperation skills, help them appreciate different cultures, tolerate differences between cultures, and work together to alleviate or eliminate cultural barriers, antagonisms and even conflicts. It is more necessary for the education authorities and higher vocational colleges to work in the same direction and work together to promote.
1) **It is the will of the state to support higher vocational colleges to recruit international students in China.
Studying in China is an important part of China's education opening up to the outside world, and it is also an important part of China's diplomatic strategy. It should become the will of the state to gain the right to speak on international education and the initiative in the international student market. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a U.S. think tank, released a report in June 2022 titled "China and the Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia", which pointed out that the Belt and Road Initiative has significantly improved China's reputation in countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, and China's influence throughout South Asia has also greatly increased. The success of Belt and Road projects can provide host countries with the infrastructure they desperately need to improve connectivity. One of the purposes of students from countries along the Belt and Road is to acquire a skill, seek a position in a local Chinese-funded company, or engage in China-related work, and change their destiny and family situation. After more than ten years of efforts, higher vocational colleges have cultivated tens of thousands of technical and skilled talents who know China and friends of China for countries along the "Belt and Road". However, the epidemic is a watershed, and China should organize special institutions to study and judge the trend of the adjustment of the world's industrial layout, the key countries or regions where Chinese-funded enterprises go global, the changes and needs of the international labor market, and the advantages and disadvantages of competitors in the target countries or regions, so that the opening up of education to the outside world can deeply serve the development of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the host country.
2) The competent departments of education should take the initiative to guide and support higher vocational colleges to connect with the global vocational education market.
1.Formulate an international education plan and clarify development goals. China has a full range of industries, and vocational education has played an important role in supporting it. China is also the first country to establish the concept of higher vocational education from the legal level, as Mr. Jiang Dayuan said, "China's education can go to the world, and what can contribute to the world is likely to be China's vocational education first, especially China's higher vocational education". China's industrialization process has practical reference significance for countries along the "Belt and Road". The education authorities can formulate a five-year or longer development plan specifically for the internationalization of vocational education and the requirements of the upgraded version of the Belt and Road Education Initiative, and clarify key indicators such as the number of international students and the coverage of students.