Challenges and Strategies of Higher Vocational Education in China with the New Demographics-Based on the Data Analysis of China’s Seventh National Census

Abstract

There is an important connection between the development of higher vocational education and the national demographics. According to the data of the seventh national census, China is facing a population reality with negative growth, an inverted pyramid structure, expanding migration, and stable quality improvement. The change in demographics sets out new requirements for the goal, types, structure and quality of higher vocational education. To develop higher vocational education, we should constantly optimize development planning, expand development types, optimize resource allocation and improve development quality.