On July 23, 2022, the 2022 Jiangxi "Tiangong Cup" Labor and Skills Competition - Vocational Skills Competition for Employees in the Resource Recycling Industry, sponsored by the Yichun Federation of Trade Unions, hosted by Fengcheng Federation of Trade Unions, and co-organized by the Trade Union Federation of Fengcheng Circular Economy Park and Jiangxi Green Recycling Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "GER"), was grandly opened in Jiangxi Park of GER. A group of distinguished leaders, including Lu Dana, vice chairman of the Yichun Federation of Trade Unions, Yuan Sibin, deputy director of Fengcheng Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, and Zeng Guohui, director of Fengcheng Circular Economy Park, attended the opening ceremony. The competition attracted employees from more than ten companies, including China Resources and Environment Co., Ltd. (CRE), DOWA, Shanghai Re-mall Environmental Protection New Material Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Re-mall), and Jiangxi Kangweishi Medical Packaging Container Co., Ltd. (Kangvis).

Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Jiangxi "Tiangong Cup" Vocational Skills Competition for Employees in the Resource Recycling Industry

At the opening ceremony, Qin Yufei, chairman of GER, Xiong Wei, co-founder of Shanghai Re-mall, and Yuan Sibin, chairman of Fengcheng Federation of Trade Unions, delivered wonderful speeches, respectively. Shi Wei, as the general representative of the referee team of this competition, made a pledge of fair judgment on behalf of the referee team. Zhu Gangqin, as the representative of the contestants, made a pledge of honest competition on behalf of all the contestants. Lu Dana, vice chairman of the Yichun Federation of Trade Unions, announced the official opening of the competition.

Speech by Dr. Xiong Wei, co-founder of Shanghai Re-mall, at the opening ceremony

Pledge of fair judgment made by Shi Wei on behalf of the referee team, the general representative of the referee team

Pledge of honest competition made by Zhu Gangqin on behalf of all the contestants, the representative of the contestants

Pep talk delivered by Yuan Sibin, chairman of the Fengcheng Federation of Trade Unions, at the opening ceremony

Lu Dana, a member of the Party group and vice chairman of the Yichun Federation of Trade Unions, announced the official opening of the skill competition

This competition was divided into two parts, including a theoretical examination, and an on-site practical operation contest. Among them, the practical operation competition concerning the dismantling of liquid crystal displays (LCD) was held intensively in the electronic waste dismantling workshop, which was the branch venue of the competition. In the competition, contestants were required to dismantle ten 21-inch discarded LCDs within 60 minutes, whereas the referee would give corresponding scores based on the comprehensive evaluation of the whole process. Moreover, contestants were required to complete dismantling operations with the highest standard and the fastest speed according to the requirements of the national fund regulations. At the scene of the competition, the contestants showed their skillful operation, using air guns to remove the screws around the display in a professional and smooth way. Subsequently, by virtue of skilled and magical craftsmanship, they put every part of the disassembled monitor neatly in the corresponding position for the referee's review.

The referee who scored at the scene of the practical operation competition concerning the dismantling of LCDs

The contestants of China Recycling Development Corporation Ltd. who were absorbed in the practical operation competition concerning the dismantling of LCDs

Scene of the practical operation competition concerning the dismantling of LCDs

At the scene of the practical operation competition of plastic recycling granulation, the contestants mainly used the crushing material of waste plastics as raw materials, adopting screw extruders to process and produce granulation. The purpose of the competition was to examine the proficiency of the contestants in the operation of the screw extruder and in the strand pelletizing operation. At the scene of the competition, two sets of pelletizers rumbled, with heat waves pouring out of the furnace. Compared with the rigor and meticulousness emphasized in the practical operation competition concerning the dismantling of LCDs, the practical operation competition of plastic recycling granulation attached more attention to testing the ability of the contestants to act in consonance with the requirements of the occasion. In other words, not only should the contestants master all the operations of the extruder, but they should also calmly face all kinds of temporary situations that may occur on the spot, such as blockage of the wire drawing mouth, wire drawing breakage, excessively high water temperature, excessively high furnace temperature and pressure, etc.

Scene of the practical operation competition of plastic recycling granulation

Contestants of the practical operation competition of plastic recycling granulation who were in a state of intense competition

After 6 hours of intense competition, 20 contestants from seven companies represented by GER, CRE, DOWA, and Shanghai Re-mall came to the fore and won the first, second, and third prizes in two events.

Group photo of main participants of the 2022 Jiangxi "Tiangong Cup" Labor and Skills Competition - Vocational Skills Competition for Employees in the Resource Recycling Industry

As a platform created by the Jiangxi Federation of Trade Unions aiming to enable employees from all walks of life in the province to display their talents, the "Tiangong Cup" Labor and Skills Competition was not only an important window to display the achievements of the province's labor and skills competitions but also an iconic brand of the province's skills competitions. In the new era of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, the renewable resource industry with the goal of reducing pollution and carbon obviously contained vital economic and environmental values. Moreover, Fengcheng possessed the best renewable resource and human resource database in China. The development of this competition was of vital significance in promoting the high-quality development of the circular economy in Fengcheng. In short, this skill competition, on the one hand, mobilized employees' enthusiasm for green recycling, improved employees' practical operation and dismantling skills, and guided them to establish awareness of environmental protection and compliance. On the other hand, this skill competition also set up an important platform for internal enterprises in the renewable resources industry to learn from each other's skills and enhance cooperation and friendship, with a view to jointly promoting the renewable resources recycling industry to become bigger and stronger.