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6 days ago
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Tianjin boosts workforce development
BEIJING, June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from China Daily Tianjin launched its 2025 Skills Week on May 13 in the city's Hedong district, placing a strong focus on vocational training and employment. At the opening ceremony, the city rolled out the "Skills Illuminate the Future" campaign to deliver targeted vocational training in key sectors such as advanced manufacturing, eldercare and childcare services, modern service industries, and emerging occupations. The initiative is designed to support key employment groups by aligning skills training with job placement services. Over 100,000 people are expected to benefit from subsidized training programs throughout the year. In recent years, Tianjin has promoted the "Haihe Craftsman" construction project, continuously enhancing vocational skills development and strengthening the skilled workforce. Training system Tianjin has established a comprehensive training system led by enterprises, supported by vocational schools, guided by government policies, and backed by society. The city issued vocational skills training regulations to promote a rule-of-law approach to skills training. Since 2021, Tianjin has delivered 732,000 subsidized training sessions, surpassing the targets set in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25). Skills evaluation A performance- and competency-based skills evaluation system has been refined. Enterprises are encouraged to independently assess and appoint senior technicians. To date, Tianjin has appointed 87 chief technicians and 99 senior technicians, with a total of 450,000 skill level certifications issued. Platform development In addition to a national public training center, the city has also established 558 enterprise training centers and built a robust infrastructure of high-skilled talent bases and master studios. This includes 38 national and 65 municipal high-skilled talent training bases, along with 45 national and 97 municipal master studios, providing strong support for talent development. Skills competitions Tianjin has successfully hosted five consecutive "Haihe Craftsman Cup" competitions, each featuring over 100 events and attracting nearly 100,000 participants. The city also hosted the 2nd National Vocational Skills Competition in 2023, achieving significant results. Tianjin's training base contributed to China's success at the 47th World Skills Competition, where the national team won seven gold medals and one Medallion for Excellence. Technical education Tianjin currently has 15 technical schools with a total enrollment of 22,400 students and a graduate employment rate exceeding 98 percent. The city emphasizes Party leadership, school-enterprise cooperation, and diverse educational models, while promoting integrated learning and work programs to improve program alignment and education quality. Talent incentives The city established the Haihe Craftsman Award, selecting 10 winners annually, each receiving a 200,000 yuan ($27,780) reward. Every two years, 100 "technical experts" are recognized with a 20,000 yuan award. To date, Tianjin has named 50 "Haihe Craftsman" and 739 "Technical Expert", some of whom have received special government allowances from the State Council. Brand building Tianjin continues to promote the "Haihe Craftsman" brand through activities such as Skills Week, award ceremonies, and the establishment of training bases and "craftsman homes". These efforts help foster a spirit of craftsmanship and cultivate a social environment that values skilled labor. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE China Daily Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
News18
7 days ago
- Politics
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Dragon's Dilemma: If China Cuts Water To India, Pakistan And Bangladesh Will Dry Out Too
Last Updated: Two of the most important rivers originating in Tibet, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra, flow not only into India but also onward into Pakistan and Bangladesh. India's recent warnings about potentially restricting the flow of Indus River waters to Pakistan have sparked swift diplomatic activity in the neighbourhood. In response, Pakistan turned to China, holding discussions with Chinese experts to explore whether they could apply similar pressure on India by controlling rivers that originate in Tibet and flow into the country. While such talks signal growing tensions in the region over water resources, experts believe China's ability to use water as a strategic tool against India is limited, mainly because any drastic action could harm other downstream countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh. India had recently hinted at a possible reconsideration of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, especially in the wake of cross-border tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. Retired defence expert Brigadier Shardendu noted that China may wield water as a strategic lever in wartime scenarios, but its room to maneuver is tightly constrained by geography and geopolitics. Indeed, two of the most important rivers originating in Tibet, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra, flow not only into India but also onward into Pakistan and Bangladesh. Any large-scale water manipulation by China risks regional blowback, he noted. Under its 14th Five-Year Plan, China has sanctioned construction of what could become the world's largest hydropower station on the Brahmaputra, known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. The proposed Medog Dam, situated near the so-called Great Bend of the river before it enters India, is designed to generate an estimated 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. While this dam would afford China a level of control over the river's downstream flow, experts caution against overestimating its utility as a weapon. 'Most Chinese dams are run-of-the-river projects," explained water policy researcher Anjali Sharma, adding that they were designed to generate power, not to store water on a scale sufficient for long-term control. Moreover, no binding bilateral treaty exists between India and China on water-sharing. The two countries operate only on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that mandates the sharing of limited hydrological data on rivers like the Brahmaputra and Sutlej during the monsoon season – from mid-May to mid-October. The Dibang Dam In anticipation of potential water-related moves from China, India has accelerated its own countermeasures. Chief among them is the Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh. Long delayed over environmental concerns since its initial approval in 2008, the project finally received a green light under the Modi government in 2019. Construction is now underway. Once completed, the Dibang Dam will rise to 288 metres, making it the tallest dam in India and the eighth largest in Asia. It will generate over 3,000 megawatts of electricity and, more crucially, serve as a buffer against sudden changes in the Brahmaputra's flow, whether due to natural causes or upstream manipulation. 'This dam is India's insurance policy," said a senior official in Ministry of Jal Shakti, adding that is has been designed to protect downstream states like Arunachal Pradesh and Assam from both drought and flood scenarios. Any disruption in the Brahmaputra's flow would strike at the heart of livelihoods across northeastern states and into Bangladesh. The river supplies 30% of India's drinking water and powers 44% of its hydropower capacity. In states like Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, entire agricultural cycles depend on its seasonal rhythm. The Sutlej, too, holds immense strategic value. Known in Tibet as the Langqen Zangbo, it flows through Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. Any restriction on its flow could impact wheat and paddy cultivation, striking at national food security. In Bangladesh, which lies further downstream, changes in the Brahmaputra's behaviour, whether reduced flow or sudden surges, could spell ecological disaster. Watch India Pakistan Breaking News on CNN-News18. Get breaking news, in-depth analysis, and expert perspectives on everything from geopolitics to diplomacy and global trends. Stay informed with the latest world news only on News18. Download the News18 App to stay updated! First Published: June 02, 2025, 18:38 IST
Yahoo
29-05-2025
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State Grid Jinchang Power Supply Company: Being the 'Power Pacemaker' for Industrial Economy
JINCHANG, China, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Located in western Gansu, Jinchang City is the largest nickel and cobalt production base in China, once facing dual challenges of resource dependence and ecological pressure. In recent years, it has taken the "strong industry" initiative as the core to promote the upgrading of industrial chains towards high-end, intelligent, and green directions. Focusing on the goal of building a modern city of new-type industrialization, it has transformed and upgraded traditional industries, cultivated and strengthened emerging industries, accelerated the layout of future industries, nurtured and developed new quality productivity, and made every effort to create a provincial-level demonstration zone for new-type industrialization. Jinchang Power Supply Company focuses on the diversified needs of new industrial economic development and customizes exclusive power supply services. Through an intelligent monitoring system, it real-time monitors enterprises' power consumption, quickly responds to emergencies, and meets the power demands of high-tech enterprises in Jinchang Economic and Technological Development Zone. In promoting the accelerated construction of a modern industrial system, Jinchang Power Supply Company actively explores intelligent operation and maintenance technologies, accurately predicts load changes, optimizes dispatching, and helps enterprises improve production efficiency. The low-rank coal high-efficiency utilization hydrogen production and 500,000-ton high-concentration uric-based compound fertilizer project of Jinchang Energy and Chemical Company has been listed as a key project during the "14th Five-Year Plan" and a major construction project in Gansu Province by the Provincial Party Committee and Government. After completion, the project will annually produce 300,000 tons of synthetic ammonia, 500,000 tons of uric-based compound fertilizer, and 200 million cubic meters of hydrogen, with an expected annual sales revenue of 2.241 billion yuan. During the project implementation, the main (responsible person) of Jinchang Power Supply Company visited the enterprise to inquire about key information such as production and operation status, power equipment operation, and power demand characteristics. The company gave full play to its professional advantages, optimized the construction plan, formed a special task force led by the Construction Department with multi-department coordination, carefully arranged construction processes, and efficiently completed the commissioning of the interval expansion project for the 110kV Shanghewan Substation energy and chemical project. To accelerate the construction of high-quality electrowinning nickel, 10,000-ton silicon-carbon negative electrode material, titanium industrial park, and gas island projects, Jinchang Power Supply Company has established a "three-level package and grasp mechanism": provincial major projects are personally overseen by main, municipal and park industrial chain projects are fully managed by the Marketing Department, and project (whole-process) handling management units oversee each project individually. It has sorted out 7 municipal-level package and supervision projects and 19 county-level package and supervision projects, providing full-process power handling services for projects. In 2024, the company has provided full-process power handling services for 56 key projects. View original content: SOURCE State Grid Jinchang Power Supply Company Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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CGTN: How China boosts high-quality development, high-efficiency governance for modernization drive
CGTN published an article on Chinese President Xi Jinping's inspection tour of central China's Henan Province. Focusing on the province's efforts to boost high-quality development and enhance governance efficiency, the article highlights the Chinese president's emphasizing that high-quality development is fundamental to advancing Chinese modernization. BEIJING, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Located in Luoyang in central China's Henan Province, Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. is a traditional manufacturing firm that has invested heavily in scientific and technological research and made significant progress in industrial upgrading in recent years. The firm has built a leading domestic bearing test platform for aerospace, wind power generation, high-speed railways, and new energy vehicles and has realized full digitalization of products from design, material selection, and production to delivery by applying technologies such as 5G Industrial Internet of Things. During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) period, the firm made 13 sci-tech achievements that reached international standards. Its wind turbine main bearings now hold over 40 percent of the domestic market share. "Modern manufacturing relies on sci-tech empowerment," Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday while visiting the enterprise during an inspection tour of the province, calling for greater efforts in the quest for core technological breakthroughs and pursuit of a path of independent innovation. He underscored unwavering confidence in boosting high-quality development and enhancing governance efficiency, urging Henan to open a new chapter in advancing Chinese modernization. Boosting high-quality development By the end of 2023, Henan had become home to approximately 10.94 million business entities of various types. Several of them have continuously created new momentum for development by focusing on building a green, low-carbon and circular economic system, effectively reducing the resource and environmental costs of development and enhancing their development potential. The province has unveiled 27 provincial laboratories and six provincial industrial technology research institutes, which have become important platforms for developing new quality productive forces. The 27 laboratories focus on multiple cutting-edge fields, such as new materials, new energy, biomedicine, food technology and nanobiology. They have also integrated production, study, research and application, playing a major role in transforming and upgrading traditional industries and the high-quality development of strategic emerging industries. There are 12,000 high-tech enterprises in the province, and the annual average growth rate of technology contract transaction volume has reached 62.3 percent. The province has recently issued an action plan for promoting high-quality development of the private economy, aimed at increasing support for private enterprises in areas such as transformation and upgrade, innovation, market development, talent introduction, and investment for research and development. Guided by sci-tech innovation, the province should develop new quality productive forces in line with local conditions and enhance the support for the modern industrial system to promote high-quality development, Xi said. During the inspection tour, Xi also visited the White Horse Temple, originally built during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), and the Longmen Grottoes, an over 1,500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site, learning about local efforts to preserve and inherit Chinese culture. Xi said the integration of culture and tourism holds great potential and requires effort to promote the high-quality development of the sector and turn it into a pillar industry that benefits the people and enriches their lives. Enhancing governance efficiency In late April, Xi presided over a symposium on China's economic and social development in the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) period, where he urged greater emphasis on ensuring both development and security and promoting the positive interaction between high-quality development and high-level security through high-efficiency governance. Henan Province has continued to improve the level of law-based practice, intelligence and professionalism of grassroots governance and enhanced people's sense of gain, happiness and security. Empowered by smart governance, local governments are improving the quality of public services. For example, the use of artificial intelligence has enabled local governments to collect, organize, and categorize queries related to people's livelihoods faster and offer solutions more efficiently. The province has also taken concrete measures to rectify pointless formalities and bureaucracy to effectively reduce the burden on the grassroots by standardizing village (community) work affairs, procedures and certification matters. Beyond Henan, the country has rapidly advanced e-governance, introducing one-stop government service platforms and virtual public services to enhance administrative efficiency and modernize governance. Emphasizing the need to enhance social governance, Xi urged efforts to improve public service levels, give full play to the role of the rule of law in regulating and safeguarding social governance, and enhance comprehensive prevention and control measures to ensure social security. 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Daily Tribune
15-04-2025
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China to US: No Respect, No Talks – Ex-Finance Official Warns Amid Soaring Tariffs
A former top Chinese economic policymaker has issued a sharp message to Washington: if the US wants negotiations, it must first show respect. Zhu Guangyao, who served as China's Vice Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2018 and was deeply involved in US-China trade negotiations, stated in an interview in Singapore that China will not engage in talks over tariffs if the US continues to impose its will. 'If the US wants China to totally accept the US proposal, to accept the US conditionality, I think there's no negotiation,' Zhu said bluntly, highlighting that mutual respect and peaceful coexistence must form the foundation of any future dialogue. Tariff Tensions at Breaking Point The remarks come as China and the US remain entangled in a severe trade war that has escalated over the past two weeks. Tariffs have surged to historic highs, with Chinese goods facing US tariffs of 145%, and American exports to China being met with a 125% rate — nearly bringing trade between the world's two largest economies to a standstill. The impact is weighing heavily on China's economy, already strained by deflation, weak consumer demand, and a prolonged property crisis. UBS Group AG has downgraded China's 2025 growth forecast to just 3.4%, the lowest among major global banks. Confidence and Conditions Despite mounting pressure, Zhu said China remains confident it will hit its 5% growth target this year, noting that it's a key benchmark for the final year of the country's 14th Five-Year Plan. He emphasized that domestic consumption is expected to rise and that China has the fiscal room to increase spending if needed. Zhu also pushed back on speculation that China may retaliate by selling off its massive holdings of US Treasury bonds. He called China a 'very responsible investor' committed to global market stability, though he underlined that any such approach is rooted in 'mutual respect and cooperation.' Not There Yet, Says the US On the American side, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer acknowledged that while President Trump expects talks "at some point," the sides are 'not there yet.' Trump has called President Xi Jinping a 'friend' and expressed hope for direct leader-to-leader negotiations, though tensions remain high. Zhu's comments echo a long-standing Chinese stance: Beijing is open to dialogue but will not be coerced or threatened. The current deadlock appears far from resolution unless Washington adjusts its approach, at least according to China's former top negotiators.
