China has held her very first national-level vocational skills contest, and Nanjing has come out triumphant, with young college students winning both gold and silver medals, by way of an excellent illustration as to the skill sets available to local business.
On 13 December, the first vocational skills competition of the People’s Republic of China closed in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. After 3 days of intense competition, competitors from Nanjing proudly brought home one gold medal and one silver medal.
In total, 16 Nanjingers participated in 15 disciplines spanning numerous trades in which vocational training plays a key role, including mobile robotics, water treatment technology, automobile maintenance & body repair, welding, commodity display technology, cosmetics and renewable energy.
All in all, the competition comprised 86 disciplines and our very own Jiangsu Province competed in every last one, sending a delegation that comprised 97 competitors and winning 12 gold medals, 10 silver medals, 5 bronze medals and 51 miscellaneous prizes.
With the solid technical skills among the three team members from Nanjing Traffic Technician College, it was Yang Rongli who won the only gold medal awarded the Nanjing delegation, for his automobile maintenance project.
The task was to successfully complete the entire disassembly and assembly of an automobile engine in less than 3 hours.
Yang told reporters that the national competition could use one of many vehicle models, including several Japanese types, specifically the Honda Accord, Mitsubishi Outlander and Toyota Camry, while Chinese brands such as Trumpchi might also play a part. However, the specific model that would be the subject of the competition was only announced in the last week, making for minimal preparation time.
Yang completed the whole engine disassembly and assembly in just 2 hours, sufficiently fast for him to take the gold medal prize. Part of the reason for his success might have also been the fact that Yang would each day take two other students for a run at 6 am to strengthen their physical fitness.
“I’m very happy to get the gold medal, but I’m more grateful to the school for its support and training”, Yang told Nanjing Daily.
Elsewhere, Tian Quansheng and Zhang Haowei of Nanjing Institute of Technology won the silver medal for their mobile robotics project. The two commented, “In 3 days of competition, everyone fought to the last minute; it was very fierce”.
