The "studio teaching mode" which originated in Europe in the 1920s was gradually recognized and popularized in the field of Chinese art education in the 1980s. The Packaging Studio of Changzhou Vocational Institute of Mechatronic Technology (CZIMT) was founded in 2016. Although it encountered many obstacles and challenges in the process of development, it still achieved plentiful accomplishments. As an efficient and time-saving tool, SWOT analysis contributed to identity CZIMT Packaging Studio’s strengths and weaknesses, and clarify the current opportunities and threats. After analysis and discussion, the author affirmed the multiple functions of Packaging Studio in serving students, teachers, CZIMT and enterprises. At the end of paper, it suggested that CZIMT was better to pay more attention and give more supporting to Packaging Studio on policy, financial and human resource. So that, Packaging Studio could play a greater role in talent training, project output, scientific research achievements and so on.

Liu Zhiwei. SWOT Analysis of CZIMT Packaging Studio. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 21: 126-133. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2023.052123.

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