The finals of the 2023 National Light Industry Vocational Skills Competition - National Arts and Crafts Production (Stone Carver) Vocational Skills Competition will be held in Hui'an County, Fujian Province from December 14th to 17th. On the afternoon of the 17th, the closing ceremony was held in the "World Stone Carving Capital" Exhibition Center - Hui'an Carving Cultural and Creative Park, and the competition ended successfully.
Group photo of the event) Cai Daying, chairman of the China Arts and Crafts Society, Pang Lixin, deputy director of the Party Construction and Personnel Department of the China Light Industry Federation, deputy director of the Light Industry Vocational Ability Evaluation Center, Chen Baofang, secretary of the party group and director of the Quanzhou Urban Collective Industry Association, Chen Jianxin, executive chairman of the Fujian Light Industry Federation, Jiang Shuxiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Huian County Party Committee and deputy county magistrate, Xiao Yiming, deputy director of the Quanzhou Urban Collective Industry Association, Liu Jingzhou, director of the Quyang County Carving and Porcelain Industry Service Center, Wang Jingmin, director of the Stone Carving Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, Yan Ming, Supervisor of China Arts and Crafts Society, Professor Xia Hexing, former Vice President of Shenzhen Sculpture Institute, Professor Qian of School of Architecture and Art of North China University of Technology, Liu Dazhi, Deputy Director of Sculpture Department of Xiamen Institute of Arts and Crafts of Fuzhou University, Associate Professor Liu Dazhi, Chinese Arts and Crafts Master Zheng Guoming, Wu Deqiang, Shi Junxian, Zhang Jiankui, Gao Yingpo and experts and scholars from universities in the province, as well as leaders of various departments and townships directly under Hui'an County, presidents of industry associations at all levels, representatives of all walks of life and contestants attended the closing ceremony of the finals.
Cai Daying, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the China Arts and Crafts Society, delivered a speech.
Chairman Cai Daying pointed out that skilled talents are an important component of the pillars of the country and an important force to support Made in China and Created in China. Holding such a skills competition is the country's direction for the arts and crafts stone carving professional skilled talents, purposeful review, for the arts and crafts industry to select a group of cultural standards of "hand and brain" compound talents. It is expected that arts and crafts practitioners should dare to innovate, work hard in a higher, better and more refined direction, show the beauty of Chinese stone carving art in creation, expand the influence of stone carving art in daily life, lead the inheritance with innovation, and inherit with creative innovation, so that Chinese stone carving can be performed in the world.
Jiang Shuxiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Hui'an County Party Committee and deputy county magistrate, delivered a speech.
Jiang Shuxiang Standing Committee said: 73 outstanding players from all over the country with their imagination and the skills of painting stones, this competition has become a platform for exchanging skills and displaying culture, and has well interpreted the art and craftsman spirit of stone carving in the competition, and fully practiced the original intention and mission of "integrity, innovation, inheritance and development" in the stone carving industry. The Hui'an County Party Committee and the county hope to continue to hold such national competitions, lead more experts, scholars and carving practitioners, turn their attention to the inheritance of excellent skills, focus on the competition of work innovation, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of Hui'an stone carving industry, and inject more impetus into the high-quality economic and social development of Hui'an.
On December 15th, the theory test will be conducted in the examination room of the Straits Hotel.
With the theme of "Integrity and Innovation, Inheritance and Development", this year's finals set up three preliminary areas in North China, West China and South China, with nearly 200 players registered, and after layers of selection, a total of 73 players entered the national finals. They gathered in Hui'an, Fujian Province to compete and compete at the peak. At noon on the 17th, Xia Hexing, professor of Shenzhen Sculpture Institute, Liu Dazhi, associate professor of Xiamen Institute of Arts and Crafts of Fuzhou University, Wu Deqiang, Gao Yingpo, and Shi Junxian, masters of Chinese arts and crafts, formed a referee team for on-site review.
On December 17, the practical review of the new strait stone company in Hui'an County.
The total individual score of the finalists is composed of 20% theoretical score + 80% skill score, and the on-site practical operation is mainly assessed from the aspects of composition, creativity, blanking, modeling, carving, polishing, and overall effect, and has been comprehensively reviewed by the referee team.
2023 National Light Industry Vocational Skills Competition - National Handicraft Production (Stone Carver).
Vocational Skills Competition Finals Judging Results.
First prize. 
Prize. 
Third. 2023 National Light Industry Vocational Skills Competition - National Handicraft Production (Stone Carver).
Vocational Skills Competition Finals Team Award.
Outstanding Organization Award:Development and construction of Hui'an Carving Cultural and Creative Park in Fujian Province
Management Committee of Quyang Sculpture Cultural Industrial Park, China.
Chongqing Dazu District Stone Carving Association.
Stone Art Culture Committee of Yunfu Civil Artists Association.
Outstanding Contribution Award:Hui'an County New Strait Stone Art ***
Quyang County Engraving and Porcelain Industry Service Center.
2023 National Light Industry Vocational Skills Competition - National Handicraft Production (Stone Carver).
Vocational Skills Competition South China Qualifier "Fujian Province Light Industry Technical Expert".
Lai Ruitai, Liu Guowen, Zhou Yongrou, Fei Zhengxiang, Lin Guangmao.
Zhuang Qifu, Cao Zhongzheng, Lin Ruiyang, Chen Shaoxing, Liu Jindai.
All the works in the finals of this skills competition will be displayed in the carving museum of Hui'an Carving Cultural and Creative Park in late December, presenting a visual feast for carving art lovers.
Special note: The top three players in the finals will be awarded the honorary title of "National Light Industry Technical Expert" after reporting to the China Light Industry Federation for approval.
The skills competition is jointly sponsored by the China Light Industry Federation, the China Arts and Crafts Society, and the National Committee of the China Finance and Trade Light Textile and Tobacco Trade Union, and is jointly organized by the people of Hui'an County, Fujian Province, the people of Quyang County, Hebei Province, the people of Dazu District, Chongqing, the Fujian Light Industry Federation, and the Stone Carving Art Committee of the China Arts and Crafts SocietyFujian Provincial Arts and Crafts Industry Development Promotion Center, Fujian Provincial Finance and Trade Light Textile Tobacco Pharmaceutical Trade Union Working Committee, Fujian Provincial Human Resources Service Industry Association, Quanzhou Urban Collective Industry Association, China Quyang Sculpture Cultural Industry Park Management Committee, Chongqing Dazu Stone Carving Cultural and Creative Park Management Committee, Hui'an County Federation of Trade Unions, Hui'an County Urban Collective Industry Association, Hui'an County Carving Cultural Industry Development Leading Group Office undertakes the implementation, Fujian Arts and Crafts Society, Fujian Arts and Crafts Association, Fujian Provincial Handicraft Association, Quanzhou Arts and Crafts Society, Quanzhou Arts and Crafts Association, Hui'an County Cultural Reform Office, County Party Committee Talent Office, County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Commerce Bureau, Cultural Tourism Group, Hui'an Sculpture Art Research Association, Hui'an County Stone Carving and Stone Association, Hui'an County Construction Industry Association, Hui'an County Jade Carving Industry Association, Hui'an County Folk Artists Association, Hui'an County Ornamental Stone Association support and co-organize.