Guangxi Technology and Business Vocational College
Guangxi Technology and Business Vocational College(GBC) is a state-run full-time higher vocational education institution. Located in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi, the college is affiliated to the Food and Strategic Reserves Administration of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a functional department under the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region. Originating from the Guangxi Training Class for Grain Cadres which was established in June 1953, the college evolved from Guangxi School for Grain Cadres, Guangxi School of Grains, Guangxi School of Trade and Economics and other stages of development in cadre education and secondary vocational education in the forms of revocation, merger, re-establishment, renaming and so on. Guangxi Litang Technical School of Grains, another predecessor of the college founded in September 1978, was renamed Guangxi Technical School of Grains in December 1978, and Guangxi Technical School of Economics and Trade in January 1994. In June 2004, Guangxi School of Trade and Economics was merged into Guangxi Technical School of Economics and Trade under the approval of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, thus forming Guangxi Vocational College of Technology and Trade. In March 2006, Guangxi Vocational College of Technology and Trade was renamed Guangxi Vocational College of Technology and Business (GVCTB).
Covering an area of more than 1,600 mu, the college has four campuses, namely Pengfei, Zhongyao, Xincun and Wuming. Among them, the Pengfei Campus (the main campus) is located at No. 15 Pengfei Road, Xixiangtang District, Nanning City; the Zhongyao Campus is located at No. 15 Zhongyao Road, Xixiangtang District, Nanning City; the Xincun Campus is located at No. 8 Xincun Road, Xixiangtang District, Nanning City; and the Wuming Campus is located at No. 588 Hongling Avenue, Wuming District, Nanning City. At present, the college consists of 9 schools, namely School of Accounting, School of Management, School of Economics and Trade, School of Finance, School of Information and Design, School of Grain, Oil, Health and Tourism, School of Marxism, School of General Education, and School of Continuing Education, and offers more than 30 programmes, including Big Data and Accounting, Business Administration, Marketing, E-commerce, Advertising Art and Design, Grain Storage and Quality Safety, Food Inspection and Testing Technology, etc. There are over 20,000 full-time students in college. The college boasts a team of excellent teachers led by top talents like Guangxi famous teachers, outstanding scholars, and excellent teachers and teaching staff of the autonomous region. The number of senior technical personnel with advanced professional titles accounts for 25% of the total number of teaching and administrative staff, and the number of personnel with master’s degree and above accounts for 60% of the total number of teaching and administrative staff. The college is known as a vice chairman unit of the