Provincial People's Congress representative Gu Xiaobo and his delegation went to Meige Machinery to carry out talent research activities

On August 22, 2023, Gu Xiaobo, a member of the Agriculture and Rural Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress, deputy director of the Agricultural and Forestry Technology Extension Center of Lin'an District, Hangzhou, and his party came to Zhejiang Meige Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Meige Machinery) to carry out talent research activities.

As soon as they arrived at MeiG Machinery, the research team first went deep into the factory workshop of the enterprise for on-the-spot inspection, and focused on the assembly workshop to learn more about the development history of MeiG Machinery, the current main products, technological innovation capabilities and the basic overview and application scope of the intelligent production workshop, and the research team also asked questions about intelligent production. Liu Guofang, chairman of Meige Machinery, patiently introduced and explained. In order to gain an in-depth understanding of the difficulties and pain points in the cultivation of skilled talents, Gu Xiaobo kept walking, running in production workshops, schools and various symposiums, communicating with representatives of manufacturing entrepreneurs, teachers and students of technician colleges, and government departments to discuss the high-quality development of skilled talents.

At the symposium, he introduced in detail to the research team the historical evolution of the development of Meige Machinery, the three ten-year innovation process, industrial positioning, production management mode, etc., focusing on the initial achievements in the third decade of innovation and development, and the next focus on building the "UEI" industrial Internet innovation platform to promote the construction of production process and digital economy informatization. In addition, Chairman Liu Guofang has made his own ideas and layouts in terms of focusing on opening up the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain of the wood-based panel veneer material industry, responding to the "14th Five-Year Plan", "Intelligent Manufacturing in China", "Industry 4.0" and promoting the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry with the help of the "Belt and Road".

When it comes to talents, Liu Guofang mentioned that with the rapid development of the manufacturing industry, the current scale of skilled personnel can not meet the needs of the manufacturing industry. "In our country, skilled workers were a household name in the fifties and sixties, but now, young people are reluctant to learn technology, why? Gu Xiaobo has taken root in the front line of agricultural and rural work, and has brought out a number of "national technical experts", and has long-term observation and personal experience in the training of skilled talents. Gu Xiaobo said that in recent years, new occupations represented by express delivery brothers, online car-hailing drivers, and platform anchors have developed rapidly, and the employment has gradually shifted to the tertiary industry, which has had a greater impact on manufacturing employment. Gu Xiaobo pointed out that high-quality development is both an opportunity and a challenge for skilled talents.

To this end, Gu Xiaobo put forward several suggestions: First, it is recommended to create a good environment for the growth of skilled talents. Set up subsidies for the introduction of high-skilled talents, especially those in short supply in the manufacturing industry, and high-end skilled talents, and their spouses and children enjoy the same policies as the introduction of local high-level talents, such as settlement, education, and housing security, so as to create a good atmosphere of attaching importance to skills and technicians in the whole society. Second, we should give full play to the basic role of technical education, and technical education is employment education, and by turning technical education into more basic education, these students can have more career development through technical education. Third, it is necessary to clarify the legal obligations of enterprises to participate in the development of vocational education and the cultivation of skilled talents. Enterprises should incorporate the training of high-skilled talents into the overall planning and annual plan of enterprise development, strengthen salary reform, and tilt salary distribution to front-line high-skilled talents. The meeting aroused enthusiastic responses, and other researchers and relevant persons in charge of the enterprise also put forward their own views and suggestions on talents.

Liu Guofang said: In fact, the key lies in people, as long as there is a large number of well-structured skilled workers, technical teams, can drive enterprises to continue to innovate. From an ordinary laid-off worker to an entrepreneur, it can be said that Liu Guofang is the beneficiary and inheritor of the high-quality development of Lin'an's manufacturing industry. Now, as a representative, he is trying to become a promoter, hoping to let more people take the road of becoming skilled and serving the country with skills, so that more skilled talents can also have a colorful life. With this original intention, Gu Xiaobo hopes that Liu Guofang can stick to his original intention, continue to forge ahead, and continue to march on the broad road of high-quality development. As a deputy to the National People's Congress, he said: It is the people who have given me rights, and I represent the broad masses of the people, and only by doing in-depth and down-to-earth research can we write practical and feasible proposals that are beneficial to the overall situation of the country's development. He hopes to convey the voice of the front line and speak for the skilled workers at the grassroots level.