In May, Hebei Chemical and Pharmaceutical College held a campus job fair for its 2026 graduating class.

On July 4th, within the powder injection workshop of CSPC Ouyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., production lines operated at a steady pace as vials of medicine passed inspection stations. Yao Xingjie, a student from the college's Pharmaceutical Engineering Department, maintained a focused gaze, scrutinizing for the slightest imperfection. Her journey involved two years of theoretical study at school, followed by a third year of joint training within an enterprise, culminating in a mutual selection process upon graduation. "Practical learning in a company is completely different from studying in a classroom," Yao Xingjie remarked.

Yao Xingjie is not alone; many students from the college are currently gaining hands-on experience within various enterprises. They are dispersed across different workshops and positions, united by a common goal: to become individuals "ready for immediate use by companies" even before graduation. "Employment quality is the core benchmark for testing talent cultivation; we directly integrate industry needs into the entire teaching process," explained Wang Xiaoxin, Director of the Employment Guidance Center at Hebei Chemical and Pharmaceutical College.

To equip students with practical skills upon graduation, the college adopts a tangible approach: forging strong ties with enterprises. Through its modern apprenticeship program, the college collaborates deeply with companies like Shijiazhuang No.4 Pharmaceutical and CSPC Group, implementing a segmented training model characterized by dual entities, dual mentors, and alternating work and study. Enterprise mentors and college instructors jointly guide students, with the enterprises having a decisive say in curriculum design and practical training methods.

What are the results? Wang Xiaoxin provided a telling statistic: taking the upcoming third-year students as an example, 445 have already joined the modern apprenticeship program, supplying urgently needed talent to partner companies. The benefits extend beyond pharmaceutical firms. The college has co-established specialized and innovative industrial colleges with nine enterprises, including JD.com and China Inspection Body & Laboratory Mandatory Approval (CIBM), targeting high-demand fields like inspection, testing, and intelligent manufacturing for tailored training. "These industrial colleges are not just nominal; each project corresponds to a real job position," Wang Xiaoxin stated.

In 2019, the college partnered with the China Academy of Quality Inspection and Testing Sciences and CIBM to establish an Inspection, Testing, and Certification Industrial College, creating a new ecosystem for collaborative education. "We integrated four core college majors, such as Analytical Testing Technology and Environmental Monitoring Technology, to form a Quality Inspection and Management Department, systematically building three major platforms for information sharing, intellectual support, and collaborative innovation," explained Kang Aibin, head of the department. Through these platforms, students gain direct, hands-on experience with tasks like environmental sample analysis, reaching a level close to that of a corporate assistant testing engineer by graduation.

Currently, these nine industrial colleges have already secured precise career paths for over 300 members of the 2026 graduating class. The scope of cooperation continues to expand. The college has signed strategic agreements with 11 industrial parks, including the Shijiazhuang Circular Chemical Industry Park and the Cangzhou Lingang Economic Development Zone, facilitating on-site employment for over 200 new graduates. Furthermore, 33 employment internship base projects, jointly applied for with nearly 30 companies under the Ministry of Education's supply-demand对接 employment education program, have been approved. These cover eight fields, including chemical pharmaceuticals, equipment manufacturing, and information technology, securing internship positions in advance for more than 500 second-year students, who can transition directly to employment upon completing their internships.

While part of the cultivation challenge is addressed, guiding students to suitable positions presents another puzzle. Hebei Chemical and Pharmaceutical College leverages platforms like the national 24365 university student employment service to accurately push over 36,000 job postings to the 2026 graduating class, alongside employment policies and career guidance. Offline, the college regularly hosts campus job fairs. A major fair held in 2026 attracted numerous Fortune 500 companies, offering over 14,000 positions in fields like chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electromechanics, testing, and software. Additionally, the college organizes specialized, high-quality corporate宣讲 and interview sessions tailored to different majors, having hosted over 100优质企业 for on-campus recruitment in 2026.

While strengthening on-campus employment services, the college also looks to the broader industry ecosystem. Capitalizing on its strengths in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors, the college took the lead in establishing Hebei Province's first industry-specific graduate employment and entrepreneurship alliance in May 2024—the Hebei Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry Graduate Employment and Entrepreneurship Alliance. Fifteen universities and 34 leading industry enterprises joined, creating an integrated platform. "The alliance aims for resource sharing, integration of industry and education, and school-enterprise cooperation," Wang Xiaoxin said. It has established a shared job database, linking corporate visits for job opportunities, shared practical training, co-developed curricula, and employment placement into a cohesive chain. Thirty-five off-campus internship bases have been established, achieving deep integration of positions, courses, competitions, certifications, innovation, and research.

This forms a closed loop: on one end are corporate talent needs, on the other is educational reform within the college, with employment feedback in the middle, creating a continuous cycle. Over the past two years, the alliance has organized over 30 specialized recruitment events, facilitating employment intentions between more than 600 students and enterprises through this channel.

"Moving forward, the college will continue to leverage its role as the alliance's lead unit," Wang Xiaoxin indicated. "We will improve long-term mechanisms for quarterly labor demand analysis, faculty exchanges, and sharing of practical training resources. This will upgrade the alliance from a short-term recruitment platform to a full-cycle community for integrating industry and education, breaking down barriers between the education chain, talent chain, and industry chain. Our goal is to continuously supply a stable stream of well-matched, high-quality technical and skilled talent for the intelligent and green transformation of Hebei's chemical and pharmaceutical industry."