全国第一批SCA咖啡师比照认定成功落地！昆山7人获职业技能等级证书

Brief (coffeeyo.com): Kunshan has set three national firsts by recognizing SCA barista certificates under Jiangsu’s overseas-skills equivalence framework — a step that extends cross-border skills recognition from advanced manufacturing into the lifestyle services sector.

Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security released the “Jiangsu Province Catalogue of Domestic and Overseas Professional Qualification Equivalence Recognition and Two-Way Mutual Recognition (2026 Edition).” The SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) barista equivalence-recognition project declared by Kunshan was successfully included. At the same time, seven coffee-industry talents from Kunshan holding SCA barista certificates obtained coffee-skill vocational grade certificates through this equivalence recognition.

This project inclusion and the seven Kunshan certificates set three records: the nation’s first vocational-skills equivalence-recognition project in the coffee-industry field, the first successful rollout of SCA barista equivalence recognition in China, and the province’s first equivalence-recognition project in the life-services category — marking an important step in extending Kunshan’s overseas vocational-skills equivalence recognition from advanced manufacturing into life services.

As the “Capital of the International Coffee Industry,” Kunshan’s coffee sector already covers global green-bean trade, temperature-controlled warehousing, smart roasting, testing and R&D, brand operations, and end-consumer spending, while also linking rural revitalization through a “village cafe” new format. It fuses the coffee industry with talent cultivation, vocational-skills recognition, and urban consumption to build a hundred-billion-yuan high-end food specialty industry cluster. The landing of this equivalence recognition is an important achievement of Kunshan’s institutional innovation in skilled-talent evaluation oriented to industry-development needs.

Jiangsu’s overseas vocational-skills equivalence recognition is a talent-evaluation model for workers with overseas vocational-skills training backgrounds who have obtained overseas vocational-skill certificates — it recognizes their skill level by comparing against China’s corresponding vocational-skill standards or Jiangsu’s industry and enterprise evaluation norms. The provincial HR department establishes and dynamically publishes the province-wide catalogue. Enterprises listed in the catalogue may conduct overseas equivalence recognition for their own employees; listed technical colleges may conduct it for enterprise staff, the public, and students.

Vocational grade certificates issued through overseas equivalence recognition carry the same validity as those from domestic recognition, enjoying equal skilled-talent policy treatment.

Overseas equivalence recognition is far-reaching — it serves industry development and plays an exemplary, leading role. It quickly verifies the skill level of overseas-certificate holders without requiring repeated exams, yet lets them enjoy equal skilled-talent policy treatment, helping attract international skilled talent in related industries to exchange and work here, and continuously amplifying the supporting, driving role of skilled talent for industry development.

Next, Kunshan will, around the needs of key and characteristic industries, continue to broaden the fields of equivalence recognition, expand enterprise coverage, and enlarge the pool of recognized personnel, promoting effective linkage among international standards, industry standards, and local industry needs, and attracting more talents with internationally advanced skills to build careers in Kunshan — empowering talent growth through evaluation innovation and supporting high-quality industry development through talent teams.

Original title: “National First! Kunshan Baristas’ Overseas Vocational-Skills Equivalence Recognition Sets ‘Three Firsts’.”

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