On the morning of May 20th, the "Building Achievements for the 14th Five-Year Plan, Advancing on a New Journey" Nantong 2024 Leading Labor and Skills Competition and Nantong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering "Great Power" Industrial Cluster Labor Competition officially kicked off at Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Qidong Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. Ge Yuqin, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Nantong Municipal People's Congress and Chairman of the Nantong Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, Wang Cheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Labor Union of Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries, Zhang Zi, Director of the Labor and Economic Work Department of Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, and Cai Yi, Deputy Secretary of the Qidong Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, attended the event. Our company, as an organizing and implementing unit for the top ten key projects of Nantong's 2024 Leading Labor and Skills Competition, was invited to participate.
In her speech, Ge Yuqin, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Nantong Municipal People's Congress and Chairman of the Nantong Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that Nantong, located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the East China Sea, boasts a shipbuilding and marine engineering industry that serves as the city's calling card and landmark industry. Organizing the "Great Power" industrial cluster labor competition in this field is of great demonstrative significance in igniting a new wave of labor competition among the city's vast workforce and promoting the formation of new and high-quality productive forces. The labor unions at all levels in the city should focus on the overall situation, leverage the engine role of labor competitions, and regard promoting project construction as a solid support for high-quality development. By empowering through competitions, they should target key areas, emphasize innovation, and inspire enthusiasm. All participating departments and units in the city should plan holistically, organize meticulously, and ensure that labor competitions are carried out solidly, enthusiastically, and with tangible results. The broad masses of workers in the city should unite and strive for excellence in high-quality development, actively contribute to serving the overall situation of the city, demonstrate their responsibilities, and give full play to the mainstay role of the working class and the exemplary and leading role of party members, pacesetters, and model workers, making new and greater contributions to accelerating the development of new and high-quality productive forces and building an important growth pole for high-quality development in Jiangsu Province.
At the meeting, relevant leaders presented flags to representatives of the participating units in the 2024 Jiangsu Provincial Leading Labor Competition's Nantong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering "Great Power" Industrial Cluster Labor Competition and to representatives of the ten organizing and implementing units of Nantong's 2024 Leading Labor Competitions.
During the event, participants watched a video showcasing the Nantong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering "Great Power" Industrial Cluster Labor Competition projects and visited the outfitting dock to observe the "Zhenhua Qidong Offshore Engineering · Craftsman Cup" gantry crane skill demonstration. They also visited the ongoing projects such as the "15,000 Cubic Meter LNG Clean Energy-Powered Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger" of CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd.
It is reported that the city's 2024 Leading Labor and Skills Competition, with the theme of innovation, excellence, and efficiency, revolves around the "Five Comparisons and One Creation" framework. It aims to build a "stage" for the growth and development of industrial workers, mobilize their enthusiasm, creativity, and labor passion, and inspire them to build achievements in their positions and complete tasks with high quality, high standards, and high efficiency. By doing so, industrial workers will become more outstanding, their hard work will be more rewarding, and their contributions will be more recognized. This competition will cultivate and produce a group of knowledgeable, skilled, and innovative high-quality industrial workers, contributing to the high-quality development of Nantong.