Posted on Jan.27, 2026 by Dong Quanyue|Qingdao Vocational and Technical College of Hotel Management
Recently, President Han Xiqing of the college led a delegation to Guangzhou for the initiative of visiting enterprises to expand employment opportunities. The delegation paid visits to several top-tier high-star hotels in the region, including Mandarin Oriental Guangzhou and Park Hyatt Guangzhou, aiming to strengthen in-depth school-enterprise collaboration, follow up on the internship dynamics of students, solicit industry suggestions, and empower talent cultivation.
Caring for Interns and Extending Chinese New Year Greetings
At the meeting with interns, the students shared their growth insights and practical gains from frontline positions. They stated that relying on the college’s training model that integrates systematic theoretical teaching with practical enterprise training, their professional literacy and job competence have been significantly enhanced, and they have steadily grown from workplace newcomers into capable business backbones who can take on independent responsibilities.
President Han Xiqing and the delegation extended warm Chinese New Year greetings to the interns, encouraging them to set clear career plans and dare to step out of their comfort zones. Meanwhile, they hoped the students would uphold the attitude of speaking boldly, practicing skillfully, and not fearing trial and error, temper their language abilities through practice, and lay a solid foundation for their professional development.
Discussing with Distinguished Alumni to Refine Education Strategies
To accurately assess the development needs of the industry, President Han Xiqing and the delegation held discussions and exchanges with distinguished alumni.
Alumni including Suo Xiaonan, Compensation Manager of Mandarin Oriental Guangzhou, and Wang Liying, Guest Relations Officer, spoke highly of the college’s talent cultivation quality based on their own career experience. They pointed out that the hospitality industry’s requirements for employees’ English communication skills are constantly rising, and hoped the college would further strengthen the construction and practical empowerment of relevant courses.
President Han Xiqing noted that the college will always be a strong backing for its alumni, and the achievements of alumni bring glory to their alma mater. He expressed sincere gratitude to all alumni for their valuable suggestions on the college’s development.
Connecting with Cooperative Enterprises to Deepen Industry-Education Integration
President Han Xiqing and the delegation also held in-depth discussions with senior management of cooperative hotels, focusing on advancing the mechanism of school-enterprise collaborative education. The hotel representatives spoke highly of the outcomes of the college’s talent cultivation, stating that our graduates possess solid professional skills, good professional ethics and a strong sense of teamwork, which fully meet the employment standards of the modern hospitality industry.
The hotel side indicated that they will give full play to their advantages in industry resources in the future, provide professional support for curriculum reform and the joint development of teaching resources, co-develop curriculum modules that align with industry needs with the college, share the latest industry cases and cutting-edge management concepts, and help the college build a teaching system with more core competitiveness.
This visit is a vivid practice of the college’s talent cultivation philosophy. Through in-depth exchanges with students, alumni and enterprises, the college has gained valuable feedback and further clarified the direction of teaching reform.
