Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai's first vocational training council was established on November 14 to help the city with vocational training and to improve the quality of local personnel.
The consulting service covers seven sectors, including automobile, modern machine manufacturing, information technology, creative design, logistics, electronic technology and environment.
The committee, comprised of 46 technological experts, includes 10 overseas from the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Japan, Switzerland and Singapore.
They will provide the latest information on industry technology and vocational training for the city to help it meet with the growing demands of economic and industrial development.  They will also develop new jobs as well as new vocational assessment and appraisal systems to tune the vocational standards with the fast-growing development.  They will give advice and technological support to help Shanghai set up its public vocational training project.
Vice Mayor Zhou Taitong attended yesterday's opening ceremony of the committee and presented employment certificates to the experts.