The All-China Federation of Trade Unions recently issued the "Notice on the Selection of the Cultivation Objects of Great Craftsmen in 2024" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), and decided to select about 200 great craftsmen in 2024 for cultivation, with a cultivation period of 2 years, demonstrating and guiding all localities and industries to actively support the cultivation of about 1,000 provincial and ministerial craftsmen and about 5,000 municipal craftsmen, in order to support Made in China and create a large number of great craftsmen and high-skilled talents in China. Promote the construction of a team of knowledge-based, skilled, and innovative industrial workers.
The notice requires that the cultivation object should have excellent political quality, have more than 5 years of front-line production site work experience, and have long-term practice of excellence, dedication, meticulousness, and the pursuit of excellence in the craftsman spirit, with outstanding technical skills and quality, mainly in the manufacturing industry and other real economic fields, taking into account industry, region and other factors, and at the same time should have outstanding potential in the ability standards of craftsmen in major countries, that is, in the leadership, practice, innovation, research, inheritance and other "craftsman five forces" show obvious development potential. The "Notice" also clarifies the selection procedures for the application, recommendation, review, publicity, and announcement of the cultivation objects.
After the cultivation object is determined, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions will conduct a two-year training for the craftsmen of the great countries by organizing training and research, exchange and learning, providing funds and project support. At the same time, the recommending units are required to formulate and implement the cultivation plan of the great craftsmen of the unit, and carry out the cultivation of the craftsmen of the great countries. At the expiration of the cultivation period, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions will issue a certificate of great craftsmen to the selected objects who have completed the cultivation tasks and passed the evaluation, and will implement visits and condolences, health examinations, recuperation, medical services and other benefits for the craftsmen of the great countries according to the national model worker standards. The unit to which the candidate is located shall study and approve the salary and other benefits according to the actual ability level of the candidate, and support the cultivation object to play a further role.
*: China Industry Network.