BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Education (MOE) on Thursday announced a plan to approve the establishment of 32 undergraduate higher education institutions, including 23 vocational universities.

This move highlights China's intensified focus on advancing technical and vocational education to cultivate skilled professionals, as outlined in a national education blueprint released earlier this year.

The policy document calls for developing more high-level vocational undergraduate institutions with distinctive features -- along with a gradual increase in enrollment capacity.

The MOE also invited the public to provide feedback on the establishment of these institutions.