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there are many international competitions that we are familiar with, such as table tennis, swimming and other sports championships, world cups, and the olympics, but have you heard of the world championships? what is this competition?

the worldskills competition is actually the world's top competition in the skilled trades circle. its full name is the worldskills competition.

in august 2019, the 45th worldskills competition was held in kazan, russia. china sent 63 contestants to compete in all 56 events. the picture shows the chinese delegation entering the opening ceremony.

in this competition, you can become a world champion if you can scrape putty and tighten screws well, you can become a world champion if you can do a hairstyle well and make dough in a fancy way, and you can also become a world champion if you can write programs to control robots.

ma hongda, champion of the 2022 worldskills special competition plastering and partition system project, at the competition site.

the worldskills competition is the world's highest-ranking, largest-scale and most influential vocational skills competition to date, and is known as the "worldskills olympics".

this competition is organized by the worldskills organization every two years and has been successfully held for 46 times so far.

the picture shows the logo of the worldskills competition.

the first worldskills competition was held in madrid, spain in 1950.

at that time, countries were in the stage of resuming production and life after world war ii, and various skilled workers were in short supply. josé antonio ella olazo, then secretary-general of the spanish youth organization, came up with the idea of ​​holding a skills competition, hoping to use the competition to attract more young people to receive vocational education.

in 1947, spain's first national vocational skills competition was held, with about 4,000 apprentices participating.

in 1950, spain invited its neighbor portugal to participate in the skills competition. this move made the spanish skills competition international in nature, and the skills competition officially took a step towards the world.

aerial view of portugal's virgen de la paloma trade union institute in 1950, when the first competition was held.

on november 21, 1950, young apprentices from spain and portugal gathered in madrid, spain, full of enthusiasm, to participate in the first worldskills competition.

competitors of the first worldskills competition gather before taking part in the competition.

there were a total of six events in this competition, including assembly fitter, wooden mold making, lathe operator, electrical wiring, milling operator and furniture making, all of which were jobs that were in high demand in the industry at the time.

however, there were no gold, silver or bronze medals at that time. each winner received a cash prize from the organizer of the competition, which is roughly equivalent to 12 euros today.

in 1953, spain again extended invitations to other countries, and this time more countries responded. players from germany, switzerland, britain and france came to spain to participate in the competition.

in the 1953 competition, the first competitor, doug hill from the united kingdom, demonstrated his loom.

later, more and more countries joined this skills competition. this skills competition originated in spain and eventually evolved into a global skills competition. currently, 89 countries have joined the worldskills competition circle of friends, involving two-thirds of the world's population.

the competition items of the world skills competition are not fixed. the competition will set up what is needed in actual production and life. some of them are long-term needs of people, such as cooking, flower arrangement, beauty, woodworking, etc., and some are new technology projects that continue to emerge with the development of the industry, such as cnc milling, 3d digital game art, cloud computing, etc.

athletes from various countries compete in various events at the 45th worldskills competition.

it can be said that the worldskills projects show how far human industrial development and technological progress has come.

the players who can compete in this arena are all skilled players from various countries. in a world-class match, victory or defeat is decided by a hair's breadth.

2022 worldskills special competitionindustrial control project championjiang hao at the competition.

the wonderful competition showed us ordinary people what each industry is actually doing and what the highest level of the industry is like. it made us truly experience what it means that “there are top talents in all 360 professions”!

this also reflects one of the significances of the worldskills competition, which is to attract more young people to choose their favorite technical majors based on their interests, hobbies, and specialties, and then engage in related careers.

my country officially joined the worldskills organization in 2010 and took part in the 41st worldskills competition in 2011. we participated in six events and won the silver medal in welding and five excellence awards.

in october 2011, the 41st world skills competition was held in london, uk. china sent a delegation for the first time to participate in six events including cnc lathe and welding. the picture shows wei junyang, a contestant in the cad mechanical design event, at the competition site.

our athletes have grown rapidly in the world skills competition. in 2015, our athletes won gold for the first time at the 43rd world skills competition. by 2017, the chinese delegation ranked first in the gold medal table, medal table and team total score table, which means that china has reached the top of the world skills.

the 43rd worldskills competition was held in sao paulo, brazil in august 2015. the picture shows the chinese delegation cheering at the opening ceremony.

to a certain extent, the results in the world skills competition represent a country's level of technical skills development, and reflect the country's economic and technological strength, talent competitiveness, and innovation and creativity.

my country is the only country in the world that has all the industrial sectors listed in the united nations industrial classification. each participating project has strong industrial and corporate support, as well as technical schools and other institutions as a backing, which are all strong backing for the contestants.

the production line of the welding workshop of the chongqing seres super factory. photo by xinhua news agency reporter huang wei

skills change lives, this is not just a simple slogan.

in the past decade or so since joining the worldskills organization, our country has established a more complete vocational skills training, selection and incentive system, allowing more and more people to see the charm of skills, see the prospects of becoming skilled and serving the country with skills, and move forward firmly on this path.

in recent years, gangnan district of guigang city, guangxi has regularly held various competitions such as the rural revitalization skills competition and the migrant workers skills competition. the picture shows the contestants preparing food at the guilin rice noodle making competition of the gangnan district migrant workers skills competition. photo by huang ying

yang jinlong, the champion of the automotive painting project at the 43rd world skills competition, received the "zhejiang province outstanding innovative talent award" together with the academician; song biao, the champion of the industrial machinery assembly and adjustment project at the 44th world skills competition, won the "china youth may fourth medal" and "jiangsu master craftsman" and other honors.

winning national honors, opening master studios, and continuing to train a new generation of skilled people... many people are running all the way on this road and becoming the pillars of the country. outstanding players in various vocational skills competitions at all levels in my country have become the "hot cakes" that companies are competing for with high salaries.

whether it is tightening a small screw or building a spacecraft or aircraft carrier, all of them are inseparable from the superb skills of craftsmen. the report of the 20th cpc national congress emphasized the need to "deepen the implementation of the strategy of strengthening the country with talents" and also included great craftsmen and high-skilled talents in the national strategic talent force.

on september 5, at the steel structure smart construction center, workers controlled multiple robots to perform operations simultaneously. photo by liang xu, xinhua news agency

in other words, skilled personnel are absolutely indispensable to the country's development, especially high-skilled personnel, who are an important force in supporting our country's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance.

with special skills, you can travel the world! a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation has arrived, and a large number of new technical positions are waiting to be filled. joining the skilled talent team is a good opportunity!

the 47th worldskills competition is about to open. i wish our contestants to enjoy the competition and achieve good results.