Sino-foreign cooperative education in local applied universities serves as a crucial pathway for cultivating international engineering and technical talent. This study focuses on the Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation (Sino-foreign Cooperative Education) program within the School of Mechanical Electrical Engineering at Hubei Polytechnic University. Aligning with the university’s “applied, local, and open” orientation and the industrial characteristics of the Huangshi region, the paper analyzes existing issues in talent training objectives, curriculum systems, practical teaching, and faculty development. It proposes a reform pathway centered on a “Tripartite Integration” talent training model: “Integration of International Standards and Local Needs”, “Integration of Theoretical Teaching and Engineering Practice”, and “Integration of Sino-Foreign Resources and University-Industry Collaboration”. Through measures such as optimizing training objectives, restructuring the curriculum system, innovating teaching models, and strengthening faculty development, the study provides practical references for enhancing the quality of mechanical engineering programs under Sino-foreign cooperative education in local applied universities.
Wu et al. (Mon,) studied this question.