6th Civil Aviation Education, Training and Talent Development Forum Held in Beijing

Key points

• The forum was held on the afternoon of September 18 at the China National Convention Center under the theme "Digital Intelligence, Integration, New Quality: AI Empowering Integrated Development of Civil Aviation Education, Science and Talent."
• CATA Vice Chairman Zhu Yaochun said AI is moving from "tool assistance" to "deep empowerment."
• CATA will continue iterating its cloud academy platform, expanding micro-course, MOOC and aviation virtual simulation training resources to build a comprehensive lifelong learning portal for civil aviation.
• CATA will push institutions to align program offerings with industrial upgrading, improve industry-demand-oriented talent training and evaluation mechanisms, and strengthen industry colleges and dual-qualified instructor teams.
• Zhejiang Economic Vocational and Technical College President Ke Konglin proposed building joint industry-college research and training bases around the latest civil aviation applications, with joint technical research and locally grounded studies.
• Speakers from Tsinghua University, the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China, Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, the China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology and Zhuhai Xiangyi Aviation Technology delivered keynote addresses.
• The forum targeted the pain points of industry-education integration that "cannot go deep or integrate" and aimed to ease structural mismatches in talent supply and demand.
• The forum drew over 100 participants from civil aviation regulators, airlines, airports, research institutes and support enterprises.