Du added that collaboration with leading enterprises like COFCO provides students with a quality platform that bridges hands-on education with industrial engagement, enabling vocational education to better serve local economic development.

Shang Xiurong, who runs a farmstay in Xinrong village, said villagers only focused on farming in the past, but now they think about how to attract tourists.

"During this month when rapeseed flowers are in bloom, we get so many tourists that our farmstay is fully booked on weekends," she said. "Better days are ahead."