Journal of Chinese Language Education and Evaluation
JCLEE, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.230-243.
Print ISSN: 3078-283X; Online ISSN: 3104-5030
Journal homepage: https://www.cleejournal.com
DOI：Https://doi.org/10.64058/JCLEE.25.2.05
Language Capital for Vocational Education in the Belt and Road Initiative: A Retrospect and Prospect
Peng Tao
Abstract: China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (B&R) was launched in 2013. The field of International Chinese Language Education has gradually clarified a new objective: To cultivate versatile Chinese language talents to serve “The Belt and Road”. Meanwhile, “Chinese Plus Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)”, which aims to develop Mandarin-speaking professionals, as a new integration mode between “International Chinese Language Education” and “Vocational Education,” has increasingly attracted attention. This article first reviews and analyses the policies and documents related to “Chinese Plus TVET” under the Belt and Road and summarises its notable progress in teaching practices, platform collaboration, and material development over the last decade across three stages: the exploring period (2013-2015), the experimenting period (2016-2020), and the normalising period (2021-2023). However, challenges remain in talent cultivation, including insufficient demand investigation, incomplete talent training plans, and insufficient research on the application of educational resources. To address these challenges and seize the opportunities of the upcoming decade of the Belt and Road, this article explores the transformation of “Chinese Plus TVET” into a new stage. It proposes educational strategies such as differentiation based on regional differences, localisation of talent cultivation models, and deepening hybrid teaching modes. It aims to provide references and inspiration for related educational institutes and teachers.
Keywords: “The Belt and Road”, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET, International Chinese Language and Education, Chinese Language Teaching for Business
Author Biography: Tao Peng, Lecturer from Chinese International Education College/Overseas Education College, Xiamen University(China).Research Focus: Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, International Chinese Language Education and Communication, Country-Specific Language Policy, Research on Language for Specific Purposes (e.g., Business and Academic Language Education, along with the Integration of AI in Teaching, within the Digital and Intelligent Era)， E-mail:pengtao@xmu.edu.cn.
标题：“一带一路”倡议下语言赋能职业教育：回顾与前瞻
摘要： “一带一路”倡议于2013年启动之后，国际中文教育领域逐渐明确了培养复合型中文人才以服务“一带一路”的目标。作为“国际中文教育”与“职业教育”融合的一种新模式，“中文+”职业技能教育（Chinese Plus Technical and Vocational Education and Training, TVET）旨在培养专业人才，日益受到学界关注。本文首先回顾和分析了“一带一路”背景下与“中文+”职业技能教育相关的政策文件，并总结了其在过去十年（探索期：2013-2015年；试验期：2016-2020年；常态化期：2021-2023年）三个阶段中在教学实践、平台协作和教材建设方面取得的显著进展。然而，其在人才培养方面仍面临挑战，包括需求调研不足、人才培养方案不完善、教育资源应用研究不足等。为应对这些挑战并抓住“一带一路”未来十年的机遇，本文探讨了将“中文+”职业技能推向新阶段的策略，提出了基于地域差异的差异化发展、人才培养模式本土化、深化混合教学模式等教育策略，以期为国际中文教育及相关事业提供参考与启示。
关键词：“一带一路”；职业技能教育；“中文+”职业教育；国际中文教育；商务汉语教学
作者简介：彭涛，厦门大学国际中文教育学院/海外教育学院，讲师。研究方向：中文作为第二语言教学、国际中文教育与传播、国别化语言政策、专业用途语言教学研究（数智时代下的商务外语、学术外语，人工智能辅助语言教学等）。电子邮件:pengtao@xmu.edu.cn.
Received: 10 Jul. 2025 / Revised: 10 Nov. 2025 / Accepted: 17 Nov.2025 / Published online: 30 Nov. 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec. 2025.
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