From 17 to 18 November 2020, the 10th Workers’ Hero Shenzhen and the 2020 Shenzhen Skills Competition--the Shenzhen Gantry Crane Operating Event was held at YANTIAN. The event was sponsored by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, Shenzhen Federation of Trade Unions, Transport Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, and the YANTIAN District Government.
As a first-class municipal vocational skills competition open to the whole country, the event attracted 60 competitors from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, Shantou, cities in Zhejiang and Guangxi, and major ports in Shenzhen, of which 34 have had more than 10 years of working experience in the relevant events. Zhang Sheng, an employee from YANTIAN, won first place and the title of “Master Craftsman” by virtue of his excellent operation skills and comprehensive qualities. YANTIAN and its contractors took home the second to fourth, sixth to ninth, eleventh, twelfth, and sixteenth to eighteenth places. The top eight contestants were also awarded the titles of “Shenzhen Technical Expert” and “Shenzhen Economic and Technological Innovation Expert”.
At the closing ceremony, guests from relevant government departments and participating delegations reviewed the event and presented the awards to the winners. Patrick Lam, Managing Director of Hutchison Ports YANTIAN, delivered a speech at the closing ceremony.
With a focus on talent development, YANTIAN has provided its employees with advanced operation platforms and excellent technical guidance, which helps cultivate high-level talents for the port industry. While following the protocols of COVID-19 prevention and control, YANTIAN has made great efforts to cooperate with other sponsors for the organization of the event, aiming at establishing a platform for the craftsmen of the port industry to display their expertise and learn from each other, promoting technological and talent exchanges between Shenzhen ports and ports of other cities and provinces in China, and contributing to the common progress of the port industry.