The forming, development and important contribution of Mr. Huang Yanpei' s vocational education thoughts

Mr. Huang Yanpei, the famous Chinese contemporary democratic revolutionist and educationist, established Zhonghua Vocational House and Zhonghua Vocational School ( now Nanjing Institute of Industry Technology) and started vocational education for our country. This article expounds the historic and cultural background of the forming of Mr. Huang Yanpei' s vocational education ideas, introduces the development process and chief intention of Mr. Huang Yanpei' s vocational education ideas, and also summarizes the contributions of the ideas to the vocational education development in China. Nowadays, we all make great efforts to develop vocational education. When we continuously absorb the successful foreign experience, we should also explore, arrange and inherit Mr. Huang Yanpei's vocational education thoughts and seek for the development of vocational education with Chinese characteristics in the new century.