在党的十六届五中全会闭幕不久,国务院召开了全国职业教育工作会议,发布了《关于大力发展职业教育的决定》。会议和《决定》在全面分析我国经济社会发展形势的基础上,进一步明确了职业教育在我国经济社会发展和教育工作中的重要地位和作用,提出了今后一个时期我国职业教育改革 Shortly after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee concluded, the State Council held a national vocational education conference and released the “Decision on Vitalizing Vocational Education.” On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the economic and social development in our country, the meeting and the Decision further clarified the important position and role of vocational education in the economic and social development and education in our country and put forward the reform in our country’s vocational education in the coming period