Source: Economic Daily
On June 29, in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping awarded the incomparably precious "July 1st Medal" to Ai Aiguo, a leader in China's welding field. For more than 50 years, this big country craftsman has adhered to the belief of "doing things to the extreme, doing the best as a worker", and is still fighting in the front line of welding process research and operation technology development, participating in major projects in China for many times, overcoming hundreds of welding technology difficulties, and is an outstanding representative of the spirit of contemporary craftsmen.
Since ancient times, China has had a fine tradition of respecting and carrying forward the spirit of craftsmen. The spirit of dedication, excellence, meticulousness and excellence is not only the value concept of the Chinese nation's craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation, but also the need of the times when we are based on the new development stage, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, and promote high-quality development.
Between the square inches, a thousand hammers and hammers
"The great things under the heavens will be done in detail." Like Ai Aiguo, among the vast number of front-line technical workers in Our country, a large number of high-skilled talents who take pleasure in suffering, study technology diligently, practice skills diligently, persist in concentration, and pursue excellence have emerged. It is precisely with the spirit of doing a line, loving a line, drilling a line as a support, they use their skillful hands to create the "wise eye" satellite to travel in space, the "Strivers" manned diving to explore the 10,000-meter seabed, the "Fuxing" high-speed rail speeding north and south, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge throughout the whole line... Science and technology are inseparable, and no matter how high-end technology, no matter how advanced equipment, no matter how high the scientific and technological content of products, are inseparable from the operation and production of skilled workers.
Like the spirit of labor model and the spirit of labor, the spirit of craftsmanship is deeply rooted in the land of China, growing up in every period of socialist revolution, construction and opening up, and is constantly being given more connotations in the new historical process. The report of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the first time wrote the spirit of labor models and the spirit of craftsmen into the report of the party's national congress, "building an army of knowledgeable, skilled, and innovative laborers, carrying forward the spirit of labor models and craftsmen, and creating a glorious social trend of labor and a dedicated atmosphere of excellence", which fully reflects the great importance that the party and the state attach to carrying forward the spirit of labor models, the spirit of labor, and the spirit of craftsmen.
The new generation of industrial workers lived up to expectations, and under the leadership of leading figures such as Kong Xiangrui, "blue-collar expert", Dou Tiecheng, "worker professor", Deng Jianjun, "knowledge worker", and Ai Aiguo, "outstanding craftsman", they were highly skilled and capable of being born.
On June 28, the first batch of units of Baihetan Hydropower Station was officially put into operation. In this major project from "Made in China" to "Created in China", Mei Lin is facing challenges every day. She is one of the few crane drivers in China who can hoist a huge precision device, and needs to hoist the world's largest rotor weighing 2300 tons into the generator pit through 3 joysticks in a cab of less than two square meters, and the minimum movement distance must be controlled within 1 mm. "The position is lonely, but love can overcome the difficulties. Hundreds of thousands of parts and components, through our hands, slowly filled in the pit to achieve and generate electricity, which is a manifestation of their own value to the construction of major national projects. Merlin said.
Excellence is the soul of the craftsman's spirit. It puts forward "harsh" requirements for skilled workers, and needs to continuously improve skills, products, quality, and even reach the realm of "technology can enter the Tao, and art can penetrate God".
Zhou Hao, a deputy to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and a "post-80s" generation, is a fitter at the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. During his work at the Machinery Manufacturing Company of Fuxin Mining Group in Liaoning Province, he developed a strong fitter's skill, and he could feel the traces of 1/16 thickness and depth of his hair just by touching it with his hands. Two parts are machined by hand, and the seams are impermeable. After the work is transferred to participate in the installation of deep-sea scientific research equipment, the technical requirements are more exquisite. "But I can proudly say that in the process of installation and commissioning, no matter what kind of 'difficult and complicated diseases' are encountered, as long as they pass through my hands, they can be satisfactorily solved." I still have a record of zero mistakes in part processing. Zhou Hao said.
A skill can move the world
"If the skills are strong, China is strong." Entering a new stage of development, China's economy has shifted from a stage of high-speed growth to a stage of high-quality development. The contribution rate of human capital to economic growth is gradually increasing. The structural employment contradictions encountered in the process of economic development profoundly show that cultivating a team of high-skilled talents is an urgent task to seize the opportunities of a new round of scientific and technological revolution, provide talent support for strategic emerging industries, and promote high-quality employment.
For more than 20 years, China's skilled personnel work has achieved positive results. By the end of 2020, there are more than 200 million skilled workers nationwide, of which about 58 million are high-skilled talents, and high-skilled talents account for nearly 30% of skilled talents. However, there is still a certain gap between the total number, structure, training, and use of high-skilled talents and the actual needs. To this end, the "14th Five-Year Plan" employment promotion plan recently released proposed that the training of technical skills personnel should be placed in a more prominent position, focusing on improving the quality of labor factors, and building a labor force that meets the requirements of high-quality development, adapts to the modern economic system, has high vocational skills and moral quality, and has a more reasonable structure.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China will take the implementation of the Skills China Action as the traction and cultivate skilled talents at a large scale and at multiple levels. The specific goal is to achieve more than 40 million new skilled personnel, the proportion of skilled personnel in employment to reach 30%, the proportion of high-skilled talents in eastern provinces to 35%, and the proportion of high-skilled talents in central and western provinces to skilled personnel to increase by 2 to 3 percentage points on the existing basis.
The needs of the new era have enriched the connotation of labor, made the spirit of craftsmanship a sublimation of the spirit of labor model and the spirit of labor, and emphasized the unremitting pursuit of technology. From the big country craftsmen emerging from different industries, we can find their most shining commonalities: dedication, excellence, meticulousness, and the pursuit of excellence. These characteristics are not only the beautiful qualities of the high-skilled talent group, but also the professional quality of the majority of workers who have accumulated in different positions for a long time without distraction, and the professional spirit of perseverance and perfection.
"I am proud to be a steel worker, and the steel melting pot is the starting point for my dreams to move forward, from the sudden shutdown of the process production line to the ghost failure of the hydraulic system, where there is an emergency and danger that cannot be solved, where there is my figure." Jin Guoping, a technical worker of Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is a Chinese worker expert who has impressed foreign experts, and the pursuit of excellent quality has made him preside over the technical transformation project of major steelmaking units for 6 times, maintaining the record of zero failure of major engineering thermal linkage tests.
The key to China's steel industry to become stronger is green manufacturing, boutique manufacturing and smart manufacturing. Today, Jin Guoping is leading the studio team to carry out research, develop a series of energy-saving and environmental protection and intelligent manufacturing projects, change the stereotype of "stupid big black coarse" in the steel industry, and promote the high-quality development of China's economy with one skill.
Passing on the torch can be produced by everyone
Nowadays, the whole society is rising to promote the spirit of craftsmen, plant the culture of craftsmen, abide by professional ethics, and advocate the social trend of excellence. In order to cultivate more craftsmen in big countries and create more world-renowned Chinese brands, it is necessary to continuously improve the incentive mechanism, establish the concept of lifelong learning, encourage skilled talents to take the profession as a career, integrate making a living with the realization of self-worth, and temper the will, improve themselves and win the future through labor and creation.
To promote the value of labor, it is necessary to let skilled personnel enjoy the social recognition and respect they deserve. Recently, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security began to carry out the pilot work of special technician evaluation, specifically for the production and scientific research of enterprises engaged in technical skills work and have the corresponding conditions of outstanding high-skilled talents, compared with the senior title personnel to enjoy relevant treatment. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that the 30 winners of the China Skills Award selected by the 15th High-skill talent selection and commendation activity, including Jin Guoping, are all senior technicians, with an average age of about 48 years old, and there are still more than ten years before their retirement. The setting up of special technicians will help break the "ceiling" problems encountered in their career development and further smooth the upward development channel for high-skilled talents.
Becoming a special technician is not only a personal honor, but also a difficult mission. In addition to undertaking technical skills innovation, process improvement, and solving major technical problems, special technicians should also play an exemplary and leading role in passing on skills with apprentices.
Daqing Oilfield has a "Liu Li Studio". Since its establishment in August 2011, the studio has grown to 531 members, covering 35 types of work and training more than 15,000 skilled backbones. "The spirit of Daqing and the spirit of iron man have always led me forward on the road of serving the country with skills, making me a senior technician." Liu Li said, "I also inherited the fine tradition of PetroChina's 'passing on the help', according to the characteristics of each trainee, formulated a detailed skill improvement plan, with a unique method and strict management to bring out the elite soldiers." Through the joint efforts of everyone, "Liu Li Studio" has 1,048 R&D and innovation achievements, 174 national patents, more than 5,000 promotion results, and 120 million yuan of effect, becoming an "incubator" for enterprise innovation and a "training ground" for cultivating talents.
High-quality economic development requires the superb skills of skilled craftsmen, and social culture needs to carry forward the spirit of craftsmanship of excellence. Creating fine products and achievements in ordinary posts, showing values and deeds, and harvesting happiness and happiness should become the common voice and universal pursuit of every worker. (Economic Daily reporter Ao Rong)