The second Vocational Skills Competition of the People's Republic of China was 
held from September 16 to 19 in north China's port city of Tianjin 
Municipality. 

For the first time, power system operation and maintenance was included in the 
national vocational skills competition, the only item in the electricity 
industry during the contest. 

The competition item will have 56 players from 28 delegations such as Beijing, 
Tianjin and Guizhou, whose participation covering professionals from operation 
and maintenance of power grid enterprises, power engineering construction, 
cable equipment and facilities production, and teachers of electric power 
vocational colleges. 

The competition will encourage more professionals to sharpen their skills to 
contribute to the country's development, and help enterprises discover and test 
talents, said Zhang Liming, the promotion ambassador of the national 
competition and an accredited role model of the times. 

The inclusion of electric power contest into the national competition will also 
help and improve the comprehensive operation, standard operation, learning and 
creation abilities of professionals in the power industry.

The admission of power system operation and maintenance into the national 
competition is of great significance for improving cable operation and 
maintenance technology, enhancing the quality of cable installation and 
construction, and lifting the safety and stability of the power grid, according 
to the Tianjin branch of State Grid.

The company said it will take this competition as an opportunity to cultivate 
more professionals, skilled craftsmen and national-level masters in the power 
industry.

Source: The Tianjin branch of State Grid