2001年，县级市的江阴国内生产总值达365亿元，财政收入36.3亿元。经济的持续高速发展直接推动了地方高职教育的发展。最近市委、市政府为进一步落实新世纪“科教兴市”战略，将原来的成人高校性质的江阴职工大学改制为江阴社区职业技术学院，将更有利于我们整合职业教育资源， In 2001, Jiangyin, a county-level city, had a GDP of 36.5 billion yuan and a government revenue of 3.63 billion yuan. The sustained and rapid economic development has directly promoted the development of local higher vocational education. Recently, in order to further implement the strategy of “rejuvenating the city through science and education” in the new century, the Municipal Party Committee and the municipal government restructured the formerly-established Jiangyin Staff College in Jiangyin into a vocational and technical college in Jiangyin, which will further facilitate the integration of vocational education resources,