

The school has always shared the fate of the nation and the pulse of the times. A hundred years ago, as China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society deepened, educated people sought a way to revitalise China, recognising the importance of industry and education in saving the country. In 1909, the Qing government set up the Zhili Tutorial School in Baoding and appointed Mr Zhang Liangbi, the provincial inspector, as its first director. In 1934, the school was renamed "Hebei Baoding Senior Industrial Vocational School", and in 1937, when the Japanese invaded China and Baoding fell, the school was forced to suspend classes and relocate to Shisi Town, Xin'an County, Henan Province, and Zhouzhi and Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, where it operated with difficulty. In 1947, the students and staff of the Hebei Provincial Industrial Vocational School in Xi'an were incorporated into the school, and the name of the school was restored. "In 1949, the school was moved from Tianjin to Shijiazhuang and renamed the Hebei Provincial Industrial School. "In May 2002, with the approval of the Hebei Provincial Government, the school was upgraded and transformed into the Hebei Vocational College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, entering the ranks of higher vocational education.
With the essence of 100 years of history and the wisdom and hard work of previous generations, Hebei College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Vocational Technology has developed into a national model and backbone higher vocational institution with a long history and culture, beautiful campus environment, strong school strength, high-quality jobs and diversified growth space, a national high-quality higher vocational institution, a national "double-high plan It is a national model backbone higher education institution, national quality higher education institution, national "double high plan" high level professional group construction unit, and Hebei "double high plan" high level school. It now covers an area of nearly 1,000 mu, with a building area of more than 260,000 square meters, a library of more than 1.3 million books, more than 600 teaching staff and more than 16,000 students.
The school adheres to the principle of "similar professional foundation, similar technical fields, related vocational positions and shared teaching resources", and is led by brand-name majors. The university has 11 major categories, including biology and chemical industry, food and drug and foodstuff, medicine and health, equipment manufacturing, energy and materials, electronic information, resources, environment and safety, finance and trade, civil engineering and construction, and light industry and textile. There are 4 national key construction majors, 2 national pilot majors of modern apprenticeship system, 2 majors supported by the central government to enhance the ability of higher vocational schools to serve industrial development, and 8 majors under the national quality school project construction. Relying on the key construction majors, the university has presided over the formulation of 3 national professional teaching standards, 4 national vocational skills standards and 2 national standards for the construction of practical training teaching conditions, as well as the compilation of the "National Vocational Skills Appraisal of Chinese Medicine Dispensers Level 5 Question Bank", the completion of the "National Chemical Engineering Construction Industry Standard - Construction and Acceptance of Chemical Storage Tanks He also participated in the development of two industry standards, namely "Food Pre-treatment" and "General Skills Requirements for Inspection and Testing Positions". It has one national quality resource sharing course, 10 provincial quality resource sharing courses, one provincial professional teaching resource library, three provincial online open courses, and edited 14 national "12th Five-Year Plan" teaching materials. It has won one National Teaching Achievement Award, two Provincial Teaching Achievement Awards, two First Class Awards, two Second Class Awards and four Third Class Awards.
Following the concept of "contextualized" teaching, the school has built a contextualized, intelligent and open training base that integrates teaching and research, social training, skills competitions and social services. There are nine training bases and 36 training centres on campus, including two national model training bases for vocational education and training in the petroleum and chemical industry, one training base supported by the central government, one education and training base for talents in the pharmaceutical distribution industry under the Ministry of Commerce, one training base for senior skilled personnel in the chemical industry, and two provincial model training bases; in 2017, the comprehensive training centre for chemical processes and the penicillin In 2017, the comprehensive training centre of chemical process and the penicillin series imitation training centre were awarded as national excellent cases of virtual simulation application in vocational education, and in 2018, the comprehensive training centre of chemical process was awarded as top 20 excellent cases of virtual simulation application in vocational education. It has a national vocational skills appraisal institute and a vocational skills appraisal station for specific chemical trades. There are 428 practical training bases outside the school with long-term stable cooperation with enterprises.
The school has a team of teachers with solid professionalism, rigorous teaching, innovation, dedication and strong sense of responsibility. Among them, there are 41 teachers with senior titles, 135 teachers with associate titles, 418 doctors and masters, and 73% of full-time teachers with double-teacher quality. There are 3 master and doctoral supervisors, 2 special experts under the State Council, 1 national outstanding teacher, 1 excellent expert under the provincial management, 2 provincial experts with sudden contribution, and 14 provincial "San San San" talents. There are 3 model teachers in Hebei Province, 3 outstanding teachers in Hebei Province, 1 outstanding educator in Hebei Province and 2 models of teacher morality in Hebei Province. There is one provincial teaching master, and seven national teaching masters of chemical vocational education. 2 national excellent teaching teams in the petroleum and chemical industry, 1 provincial teaching team and 1 provincial technical skills master studio.