On July 16, the 7th National Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition will open in Pingyin County. 19 teams and 231 players from various provinces will spend two days to demonstrate their skills and compete in 10 venues in Pingyin County. Why did such a high-level competition end up in Pingyin County? How to achieve the goal of promoting learning and financing through competition, enhancing the image of the city, and empowering high-quality development through this competition? Fan Qi, executive vice president of China Foundry Association, conducted an exclusive interview.
Fan Qi (file picture)
The number of participating cities and players has reached a new high
Casting, a term that looks very “industrial”, is closely related to our lives. The items that we deal with every day, such as mobile phone back cases, key chains, and eyeglass holders, are actually castings. The National Foundry Industry Vocational Skills Competition is the only national-level event in my country’s foundry industry.
“Having a certain number and quality of skilled talents is the basic condition for the steady development of the industry. For China’s foundry industry, the long-term lack of skilled talents has become one of the bottlenecks restricting the development of the industry.” In Fan Qi’s view, holding a national The vocational skills competition in the foundry industry is an effective way to promote the spirit of labor, select foundry craftsmen, and at the same time show the society the demeanor of modern foundry people, thereby encouraging more young people to love foundry and devote themselves to foundry. It is an important measure to improve the level and achieve sustainable development.
For the contestants, this skill competition is a rare display platform. “The contestants in this competition are very enthusiastic. Shandong, Guangdong, Liaoning, Hebei and other provinces and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have held the selection competition with high standards. In the end, 19 teams and 231 contestants entered the finals. The number of participating provinces and cities and their participation The number of players has reached a new high,” Fan Qi said. This competition canceled the traditional manual modeling. The players competed on the production line technology and the ability to control the equipment. For the first time, the operation of the die-casting machine was included in the competition, which is more modern Foundry industry features.
High-level competition forging “Great Country Craftsman”
Bidding for the “National Brand Name” competition in the foundry industry will build a higher exchange and display platform for foundry enterprises in Pingyin County, and vigorously promote the construction of skilled talent teams. Pingyin County will use this competition to strive to build a regional brand that is well-known and influential in Pingyin County in the country under the guidance and help of China Foundry Association and Shandong Foundry Association.
“‘Real knives, real guns, real kung fu, real materials and real products’ is the essence of the national foundry industry professional skills competition. This competition is designed according to the development needs of the industry, the competition content is scientific, and the competition process is fair and impartial. It was selected through a unified national recruitment method, and 6 senior foundry experts were hired to form an arbitration group.” Fan Qi said that he believed that a group of excellent foundry craftsmen will be selected through this competition, and these winners will be used as examples in the industry. For publicity, they are invited to enter the classroom of the Foundry College of the Open University of China to teach the first-line casting knowledge. They are moved by their personal experience and inspire more people to love casting and devote themselves to casting.
Using competition as a medium to empower the transformation and upgrading of the foundry industry
It is understood that this competition settled in Pingyin County is the first time for this “national brand name” competition to come to Shandong, a major foundry province. Being able to undertake such a high-level competition is closely related to the good development environment of the foundry industry in Pingyin County. Based on the “ecological county, strong industrial county”, the foundry industry in Pingyin County started early, has a large scale, a strong enterprise, a solid foundation, and concentrated workers. There are 25 foundry enterprises in the county with a foundry capacity of 550,000 tons.
“We are optimistic about Pingyin County and arrange this competition to be held in Pingyin County. The foundry industry in Pingyin County has a unique style. There is a world-class foundry company – Jinan Meide, and there are a number of excellent foundries such as Jinan Second Machine Tool. Enterprise. In recent years, Pingyin County has made outstanding progress in intelligent casting, and its successful experience has radiated to other parts of the country. We are optimistic about Pingyin County, so we choose Pingyin County.” Fan Qi said, “This competition is like a A sycamore tree attracts foundry industry organizations, outstanding entrepreneurs and first-class craftsmen from all over the country to gather in Pingyin County to discuss skills and compete in the arena. It will be reserved for the progress of foundry skills in Pingyin County and the sincere friendship of foundry people. I believe that the future will be derived A lot of mutually beneficial cooperation will help Pingyin county economy develop in an all-round way and help the transformation and upgrading of the foundry industry.” (Jinan Daily reporter: Liu Yang)