World Skills Competition Fashion Technology Project Selection Competition Opens In Changshu

On December 3, 2018, Fashion Technology Project of the 45th World Skills Competition The opening ceremony of the first stage (the 10th Five Year Plan) was held in the Fashion Center of Changshu Fashion City. The competition was hosted by the China Training Base for the Fashion Project of the 45th World Skills Competition, undertaken by the Jiangsu Changshu Clothing City (Mocheng Street) Management Committee, Changshu Clothing City Group Co., Ltd., and co organized by Jiangsu Zhimin Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd; Ms. Li Ning, the leader of the China Technical Guidance Expert Group of the Fashion Technology Project and an associate professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Changshu Clothing City Mr. Xia Mingbao, General Manager of the Group Co., Ltd., and Mr. Zhang Yueming, Vice Mayor of Changshu Municipal People's Government delivered speeches respectively.

　　 Leader of China Technical Guidance Expert Group for Fashion Technology Project

Li Ning, Associate Professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, delivers a speech

　　 Changshu Garment City Group Co., Ltd General Manager Xia Mingbao delivers a speech

　　 Zhang Yueming, Vice Mayor of Changshu Municipal People's Government, delivers a speech

The World Skills Competition, known as the "Olympic Games of Skills", is an international top vocational skills competition organized by the World Skills Organization. It is held every two years. Its purpose is to promote young people's vocational skills throughout the world, strengthen exchanges in the field of vocational skills and promote vocational skills, Promote the development of vocational education and vocational training. The fashion technology projects among them highlight the development needs of today's fashion industry for technical personnel. The contestants are required not only to be skilled in production technology, but also to have extensive experience in product production and the ability to combine design awareness and design skills with sewing and pattern technology.

In August this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held the mobilization meeting for the training of the 45th World Skills Competition in Beijing, and comprehensively launched the preparation for the training of the 45th World Skills Competition in Kazan, Russia in 2019. At the meeting, 205 competition training bases of 156 units in China were announced, and Changshu Garment City was successfully selected as a training center for fashion technology projects by the Organizing Committee of the 45th World Skills Competition. This is the affirmation of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of Changshu Garment City, which is both an opportunity and a challenge.

The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the construction of skilled personnel team, and extensively organize and carry out vocational skills competitions, which is an important way to strengthen the training and selection of skilled personnel and promote the emergence of excellent skilled personnel. For several months, Changshu Garment City has strictly followed the national standards, constantly optimized the construction of site facilities, and ensured that the base hardware meets the standards and is in line with the world; Constantly learn from experienced training bases, optimize training courses, innovate teaching models, and strive to become a fertile ground for cultivating world skill contest champions.

Holding the fashion technology project trials is an important measure to prepare for the 45th World Skills Competition. The World Skills Competition embodies the professional, high-quality and high-quality competitive spirit. Adhering to the principles of fairness, justice and openness, it makes the social atmosphere of advocating skills stronger and the craftsman spirit of striving for perfection more popular.

Chen Yande, Deputy Investigator of the Professional Capacity Building Division of Jiangsu Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department, Tan Guoming, Deputy Director of Suzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Cai Xuwei, Director of the Professional Capacity Building Division of Suzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Xu Huidong, Director of Changshu Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Director of Changshu Garment City Management Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of Changshu Garment City Group Co., Ltd Chairman Wan Xiaojun and others attended the opening ceremony.

　　 Sworn by contestants and referee representatives

The referee and the representatives of the contestants swore that they would go all out to participate in the contest.

　　 Opening ceremony

Changshu is a famous clothing city with the highest reputation in the country, known as "Jiangnan blessed land, clothing world". As Changshu's characteristic advantage industry, textile and clothing industry is also one of the three major industries with a scale of 100 billion. As the largest professional clothing market in China, Changshu Garment City, relying on a hundred billion level industrial market, has comprehensively improved its market innovation, influence and competitiveness by focusing on the goal of "a modern service industry cluster led by the national fashion creative industry". It is believed that the new batch of outstanding garment talents selected in this event will inject fresh blood and vitality into Changshu's textile and garment industry.

I wish the first phase (the 10th Five Year Plan) of the Fashion Technology Project of the 45th World Skills Competition a complete success.