The CICA Skills Competition will be held in Guangzhou, Guangdong from June 30 to July 4.
The competition is hosted by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and co-organized by the China Workers' Center for International Exchange, the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality, and the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions, with the Guangzhou Federation of Trade Unions serving as the executing partner. It is the first international worker skills competition held under the framework of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). Skilled workers from more than 20 CICA member states and some observer states will compete on the same stage, learning from and exchanging expertise with one another.
Established in 1992, CICA is an important multilateral cooperation mechanism in Asia. It currently comprises 28 member states and 15 observer states and international organizations, covering more than 90 percent of Asia. Over the years, CICA has continued to deepen people-to-people exchanges, technological exchange and mutual learning, and people-to-people bonds across the region, playing an important role inpromoting peace, stability, and shared prosperity in Asia.
Focusing on people-to-people exchanges, the competition aims to strengthen friendship among CICA members through skills exchange and mutual learning. It also serves as an important platform for promoting workers' skills cooperation among CICA member states, supporting the Belt and Road Initiative, serving China's overall diplomacy, and deepening cooperation within the CICA framework.
Under the theme "Trust & Skills, Craft our Future," the competition will feature three contest categories: Bricklaying, UAV Assembly, Adjustment, and Maintenance, and Intelligent Operation and Inspection of High-Voltage Cables. The events cover a broad range of fields, including traditional infrastructure, emerging technologies, and energy security.
Alongside the competitions, a series of technical exchange activities and skills exhibitions will be held, featuring Guangzhou embroidery, digital documentation of traditional architectural elements and contemporary jewellery design, humanoid robots and robotic dogs, as well as hybrid wind-solar power generation systems. The event will also showcase China's vocational skills standards, vocational education model, and advanced equipment manufacturing technologies to participants from CICA member states, promoting standards alignment and joint talent development.
Guangzhou has built one of China's largest skilled workforce bases, with 4.31 million skilled workers, including 1.69 million highly skilled workers. The city has also developed a multi-tiered talent cultivation system that has nurtured more than 2,000 master craftsmen.
Source | Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office
Photo | Guangzhou Daily
