BEIJING: Chinese competitors have put in an excellent performance so far at the ongoing WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition, a replacement for the canceled WorldSkills Shanghai 2022.
As of Monday, Chinese competitors have won eight golds in events including cabinetmaking, print media technology and computer numerical control turning.
Early on Saturday, Li Dexin won the nation’s first gold medal in cabinetmaking in this special edition of the event in Switzerland, one of 15 countries and regions hosting the competitions.
It’s the first time that a Chinese competitor has won first prize in this event since the nation started taking part in 2017.
Liu Xiaohong, China’s team leader of technical experts taking part in the cabinetmaking event, said competitors must make a piece of furniture following a given drawing in a 22-hour period — usually over four days. They must assemble, polish and install hardware to complete the furniture.
Li, the 22-year-old gold-medal winner for cabinetmaking, in an interview with ThePaper.cn, said: “It was quite a challenge for me as it was my first time in a world-class competition. The first problem is language, which brought much difficulty in communicating with international experts and judges.”
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
