Salzburg, Austria, November 27 (Xinhua) -- The last stop of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition in Austria ended in Salzburg, Austria, on the 27th. The Chinese delegation won 6 gold medals and 1 bronze medal in all 7 events, which was a successful conclusion.
The Austrian competition officially started on the 24th, with 7 projects including electrical installation, masonry, concrete construction, industrial control, chemical laboratory technology, heavy vehicle maintenance and freight forwarding. The Chinese delegation participated in all the competitions.
On November 27, at the closing ceremony of the Austria Division of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition held in Salzburg, Austria, China's Zhu Ke (second from right), who won the gold medal in the freight forwarding project, at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
On November 27, at the closing ceremony of the Austria Division of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition held in Salzburg, Austria, Jiang Xinhua (middle), a Chinese athlete who won the gold medal in the heavy vehicle maintenance project, at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
After three days of fierce competition, Zhu Ke of Shanghai Second Polytechnic University, Jiang Xinhua of Ningbo Technician College and Jiang Yuhe of Henan Chemical Technician College won the gold medals in freight forwarding project, heavy vehicle maintenance project and chemical laboratory technology project respectively, achieving a breakthrough of "zero" gold medals for the Chinese team in these three events. Wu Yuanzhou of China Construction 5th Bureau Advanced Technical School won the gold medal in the masonry project, achieving the third consecutive championship of the Chinese team in this project. Yu Shou'an from Yancheng Technician College in Jiangsu Province and Jiang Hao from Tieling Technician College won gold medals in electrical installation project and industrial control project. Zhang Yangguang and Liu Jinhao of Zhengzhou Commercial Technician College jointly won the bronze medal in the concrete construction project, and the host Austrian athlete won the gold medal in this project.
On November 27, at the closing ceremony of the Austria Division of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition held in Salzburg, Austria, Chinese athlete Jiang Yuhe (right), who won the gold medal in the chemical laboratory technology project, at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
Jiang Yuhe told reporters after winning the award that she was very excited to achieve a breakthrough for the Chinese team in the chemical laboratory technology project, and thanked everyone around her for helping her make her dream come true. She hopes to take up the position of teacher in the future, give back to her alma mater, pass on her skills and experience to students, and cultivate more outstanding students to add glory to the country.
WorldSkills is known as the "WorldSkills Olympics", and its competitive level represents the world's advanced level of today's vocational skills development. The WorldSkills 2022 Special Tournament was held in 15 countries from September to November.
With the end of the Austrian competition, all 62 events of the WorldSkills 2022 Special Competition have come to an end. The Chinese delegation won a total of 21 gold medals, 3 silver medals, 4 bronze medals and 5 meritorious awards in 34 events, ranking first in the gold medal list, and the total number of gold medals set a new record in the history of a single competition. In addition, Chinese players won 62% of gold and 97% of medals in this year's competition, which also achieved a new breakthrough.
On November 27, at the closing ceremony of the Austria Division of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition held in Salzburg, Austria, Wu Yuanzhou (middle), a Chinese athlete who won the gold medal in the masonry project, at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
Chinese athlete Yu Shouan (left), who won the gold medal in the electrical installation category, at the award ceremony at the closing ceremony of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition Austria Division held in Salzburg, Austria, on November 27. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
On November 27, at the closing ceremony of the Austria Division of the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition held in Salzburg, Austria, Jiang Hao (right), a Chinese athlete who won the gold medal in the industrial control project, at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
On November 26, Wu Yuanzhou from China Construction 5th Bureau Advanced Technical School participated in the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition Austrian Masonry Project Competition in Salzburg, Austria. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
On November 26, Zhu Ke from Shanghai Second Polytechnic University participated in the 2022 WorldSkills Special Competition Austrian Freight Forwarding Project Competition in Salzburg, Austria. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu
Zhang Guangguang (right) and Liu Jinhao from Zhengzhou Commercial Technician College pose with their works after completing a concrete construction project competition in Salzburg, Austria, on November 26. The two won the bronze medal in this event together. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xinyu