The "World Framework for Technical and Vocational Education Standards" was released.

On October 17, the "World Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Standards Framework" was jointly released by 45 countries at the closing ceremony of the 2026 World TVET Development Conference. The agreement identifies promoting economic prosperity and social progress, serving people's all-round development, broadening pathways to social equity, deepening mutual learning and exchange of vocational skills, and actively responding to future challenges as the shared value pursuits of vocational education; it advocates improving the school-running system of vocational schools, building a lifelong education and training system for all, developing teaching materials through industry-education collaboration, building teaching teams through school-enterprise cooperation, carrying out internships and practical training according to actual job requirements, and advancing AI-empowered education and teaching reform, among other education systems; and it proposes corresponding governance, safeguard, and action pathways. The Beijing Agreement is the first international vocational education standard led and developed by China.