China will hold another world-class competition in 2021, and the venue will be Shanghai!

　　CCTV News:On October 13th, the general meeting of all members of World Skills Organization held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates unanimously decided that the 46th World Skills Competition will be held in Shanghai, China in 2021.

　　World Skills Competition is the highest-level world vocational skills competition, known as "World Skills Olympics", and its competitive level represents the world’s advanced level of vocational skills development in various fields. A country’s achievements in the World Skills Competition can reflect its technical skills development level to a certain extent.

　　△ Shanghai successfully bid for the 46th World Skills Competition.

　　Shanghai bid slogan: "New youth, new skills, new dreams"

　　The bidding slogan put forward by China Shanghai this time is "New Youth, New Skills, New Dreams", which conveys the concept of "Skills Change Life and Realize Dreams" to the world. After Shanghai’s successful bid, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security sent a congratulatory message, saying that holding the World Skills Competition in China is of great significance for strengthening the construction of skilled talents in China, promoting the spirit of artisans, and creating a good atmosphere of respecting labor and advocating skills in the whole society.

　　Approved by the State Council, in October 2010, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security applied for and formally joined the World Skills Organization on behalf of the China Municipal Government. After that, China participated in three consecutive World Skills Competitions, and accumulated 5 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 7 bronze medals and 29 winning prizes. On October 7, 2016, China, the representative of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, announced his intention to bid for the 46th World Skills Competition in 2021 at the 2016 World Skills Organization Conference, and launched Shanghai as the host city.

　　The World Skills Competition, currently held every two years, is called the "Olympics" in the field of skills. It is an important platform for members of the World Skills Organization to display and exchange their professional skills.

　　The World Skills Competition is divided into six categories, namely, structure and building technology, creative art and fashion, information and communication technology, manufacturing and engineering technology, social and personal services, transportation and logistics, with a total of 46 competitions. Specifically, the competitions include aircraft maintenance, automobile maintenance, welding, painting, floral design, graphic design, offset printing, pastry making, jewelry processing, cooking and even hairdressing. For example, in this year’s skills competition, the average age of the contestants in China is less than 21 years old. The youngest is Pan Shenhan, an 18-year-old floral project player, and the oldest is Gao Yunan, a 25-year-old manufacturing team challenge project player.

　　In the 43rd World Skills Competition in 2015, 32 Chinese athletes won 4 gold medals, 6 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and 12 winning prizes in 29 events, achieving a breakthrough in gold medals.

　　"My dream is to win the gold medal in the World Skills Competition, and my efforts have not been in vain." Zeng Zhengchao, who won the welding project championship at the 43rd World Skills Competition, said.

　　It is understood that the welding competition has heavy tasks and high intensity. During the four-day competition, four modules, namely, single piece welding, low carbon steel pressure vessel, aluminum alloy structural parts and stainless steel structural parts, need to be completed within 18 hours. This poses a great challenge to the physical strength and perseverance of the contestants.

　　The organizing mechanism of the World Skills Competition is similar to the Olympic Games. After being applied by the members of World Skills Organization and approved, the World Skills Competition was held in cooperation with the organizers under the guidance of World Skills Organization.

　　 In 1946, in order to encourage young people to develop their vocational skills, Mr Olaso, president of the Spanish National Youth Organization, put forward the idea of gathering skilled workers from all walks of life to compete. In 1947, he successfully organized a competition in Spain with more than 4,000 apprentices, which became the embryonic form of the World Skills Competition. In 1950, the World Skills Organization was formally established, initiated by Spain and Portugal, and held the first World Skills Competition. At that time, only skilled workers from Spain and Portugal participated. Since then, the influence of the World Skills Competition has gradually expanded. In 1953, at the invitation of Spain, young people from Germany, Britain, France, Morocco and Switzerland also joined the competition. Since then, the World Skills Competition has been held in many countries. It first came to Asia in 1970 and was held in Tokyo, Japan. The influence of the World Skills Competition has further expanded.

　　At present, the World Skills Organization has 77 formal countries and regions. On October 7th, 2010, China officially joined the World Skills Organization, becoming the 53rd member of the organization.