A skills competition for talent from countries and regions participating in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) kicked off on Monday. Analysts and participants pointed out that the competition is more than a platform for skills exchanges – it’s also a venue for deep cooperation of BRI partners in talent training.
The second Belt and Road International Skills Competition (BRISC) is taking place from Monday to Wednesday in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The competition brings together skilled elites from 61 countries and regions to exchange their skills and experience, and jointly promote the development and innovation of vocational skills, the Global Times learned from the organizer.
Jarvis Yiu, a competitor from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, told the Global Times on Monday that he hopes to exchange skills with pastry chefs from all over the world through the broad platform of the BRISC.
“It is believed that with the growth of spending power, there are excellent prospects in China’s pastry market. Sugar art is my passion and also my career,” said Yiu.
There are 18 skills competitions: including digital construction, logistics and freight forwarding, electronics, electrical installations, optoelectronic technology, information network cabling, patisserie and confectionery operations, automobile technology (new energy), unmanned aerial vehicle maintenance, industrial robot system operation, Internet of Things installations and debugging, coffee making, and internet marketing.
Belt and Road International Skills Competition promotes talent training, exchanges
By Kuşak ve Yol