“It will take time for people to stop stereotyping vocational education, ” he said.

“人们需要时间来停止对职业教育的刻板印象，”他说。

Official data shows that nearly 31 million students are currently acquiring skills in over 11,000 vocational education institutions across China.

官方数据显示，目前全国有近3100万学生在1.1万多所职业教育机构学习技能。

Vocational education has long been seen as inferior to traditional degrees, with many associating the former with academically weaker students.

长期以来，人们一直认为职业教育不如传统学位，许多人将前者与学业较差的学生联系在一起。

There is a long history of vocational education in the US.

美国的职业教育历史悠久。

Vocational education used to be looked down upon by many people.

职业教育曾经被很多人看不起。

Today, vocational education is usually called career and technical education, or CTE.

今天，职业教育通常被称为职业和技术教育，或 CTE。

School in the family of vocational education " have that stereotype...that it's for kids who can't make it academically, " he says.

职业教育类学校是 “被人们贴上标签… … 即学习不好的孩子才接受职业教育”，他说。

He said China will carry out 1,000 small-scale livelihood assistance projects, and enhance vocational education cooperation through Luban Workshops and other initiatives.

他说，中国将开展 1000 个小型民生援助项目，并通过鲁班工坊等推进中外职业教育合作。

So, there's less of an emphasis on vocational education.

因此，人们不太重视职业教育。

Our first topic today is vocational education.

我们今天的第一个话题是职业教育。