Chinese competitor Jiang Xinhua (3rd L) attends the awarding ceremony of heavy vehicle technology contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 27, 2022. Jiang won gold medal of the heavy vehicle technology contest. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
SALZBURG, Austria, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Young Chinese technicians won medals in all seven contests, including six gold medals and one bronze, at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition, which closed here on Sunday.
At Sunday's awarding ceremony, Chinese competitors Zhu Ke, Jiang Xinhua, Jiang Yuhe, Wu Yuanzhou, Yu Shouan and Jiang Hao took home the gold medals in the categories of freight forwarding, heavy vehicle technology, chemical laboratory technology, bricklaying, electrical installations and industrial control, respectively.
Chinese technicians Zhang Yangguang and Liu Jinyao won the bronze medal in concrete construction work.
Jiang Yuhe told Xinhua after the ceremony that she felt excited and proud of winning the first gold medal in chemical laboratory technology for China at the WorldSkills Competition, voicing the hope to become a teacher in the future to train more young technicians.
Dubbed "Olympics for technicians" worldwide, the WorldSkills Competition is a global professional skills promotion event, which has held special-edition contests in 15 countries between September and November, covering 62 categories of skills. The Salzburg event, the final leg of the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition, opened on Thursday and gathered some 100 contestants from around the world.
According to a tally by the Chinese team, China won a total of 21 gold medals, three silvers, four bronzes and five winning prizes in the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition. ■
Chinese competitor Zhu Ke (2nd R) attends the awarding ceremony of freight forwarding contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 27, 2022. Zhu won gold medal of the freight forwarding contest. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitor Zhu Ke attends the freight forwarding contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitors Zhang Yangguang (R) and Liu Jinhao pose for a photo with their works after the concrete construction work contest of the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 26, 2022. They won the bronze medal in concrete construction work. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitor Yu Shouan (L) attends the awarding ceremony of electrical installations contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 27, 2022. Yu won gold medal of the electrical installations contest. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitor Jiang Yuhe (R) attends the awarding ceremony of chemical laboratory technology contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 27, 2022. Jiang won gold medal of the chemical laboratory technology contest. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitor Wu Yuanzhou (C) attends the awarding ceremony of bricklaying contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 27, 2022. Wu won gold medal of the bricklaying contest. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitor Jiang Hao (R) attends the awarding ceremony of industrial control contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 27, 2022. Jiang won gold medal of the industrial control contest. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
Chinese competitor Wu Yuanzhou attends the bricklaying contest at the WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in Salzburg, Austria, Nov. 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Xinyu)
