the 47th worldskills competition will be held in france, with china as the largest delegation
2024-09-01
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the 47th worldskills competition will be held in lyon, france from september 10 to 15. it is expected that 250,000 spectators will attend the competition and related activities. as the largest delegation, the chinese delegation will send 68 contestants to participate in all 59 events.
key data of the 2024 worldskills lyon competition. image from the official website of the worldskills competition
according to the official website of the worldskills competition, 1,400 contestants from 69 countries and regions on five continents will compete in 59 official competitions and three demonstration projects. in this competition, six projects, including additive manufacturing, digital construction, industrial design technology, optoelectronic technology, renewable energy and robot system integration, will be presented on the worldskills stage for the first time. in terms of venues, the eurexpo lyon, where the competition is held, covers an area of 140,000 square meters, which is approximately equivalent to 26 football fields.
recently, the ministry of human resources and social security officially established the chinese delegation for the 47th worldskills competition, which consists of 59 experts, 59 translators, 68 contestants, 26 staff members and media reporters, a total of 212 people. this will also be the largest delegation among all participating delegations, and this time, the chinese delegation will participate in 59 competition events, which is also the most events since the chinese delegation participated in the worldskills competition.
according to the wechat public account of "skills china", the average age of the 68 contestants from my country is 22 years old, the youngest is 18 years old, and the oldest is 25 years old. among them, 11 contestants are 20 years old or younger, accounting for 16.2% of all contestants. in terms of gender: there are 58 male contestants and 10 female contestants.
in terms of the sending places, the contestants come from 12 provinces and cities including beijing, tianjin, shanghai, chongqing, henan, shandong, hubei, guangdong, sichuan, jiangsu, zhejiang, anhui, as well as the ministry of housing and urban-rural development and the china machinery industry federation. it is understood that guangdong province has the largest number of contestants, a total of 27, participating in 23 projects. shanghai will send 8 contestants to participate in 7 projects including body repair, logistics and freight forwarding, industry 4.0, website technology, floristry, health and social care, and hotel reception.
in addition, at the closing ceremony of the 47th worldskills competition, shanghai, as the host city of the 48th worldskills competition in 2026, will take over the worldskills competition flag. according to the previous announcement by the worldskills organization, the 48th worldskills competition in shanghai, china is scheduled to be held from september 22 to 27, 2026.
the paper reporter jiang lelai
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