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Nearly 1,000 compete in Guangxi vocational skills contest
Guangxi held its largest comprehensive vocational skills contest in Nanning from November 1 to 3.
The event brought together 981 competitors from 116 teams to compete in 33 events.
The contests included skills for artificial intelligence, drone use in farming, logistics, robotics and cooking.
The events were designed to match the needs of Guangxi industries such as AI, low-altitude aviation and smart manufacturing.
Organizers said the aim was to help vocational training supply workers with skills employers need.
The contest also included activities to share skills and employment-related work.
Guangxi says it has 9.1 million skilled workers.
Nearly 1,000 competitors took part in Guangxi’s fourth vocational skills contest in Nanning from November 1 to 3.
The event featured 981 competitors from 116 teams competing in 33 events.
Organizers said the contest aligned its events with industries including artificial intelligence, low-altitude economy and smart manufacturing.
The contest is Guangxi’s highest-level and largest comprehensive vocational skills competition.
Guangxi has 9.1 million skilled workers, according to the report.
- Who
- 981 competitors from 116 teams in Guangxi.
- What
- Guangxi held its fourth vocational skills contest, with 33 competition events.
- When
- November 1 to 3, 2026.
- Where
- Nanning, Guangxi, China.
- Why
- The contest aimed to match skills training and talent supply with industry needs.
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Guangxi held its fourth vocational skills contest in Nanning.
China News Service published its report on the contest.
- Competitors
- 981
- Teams
- 116
- Competition events
- 33
- Location
- Nanning, Guangxi
- Skilled workers in Guangxi
- 9.1 million
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What people are saying
I hope to learn and practice through the competition, improve my artificial intelligence skills, and also be better able to teach related knowledge to students.
I hope to bring the standards refined in the competition back to teaching, so students can meet industry needs as soon as they leave school.