The new generation of skilled workers is as important as entrepreneurs and scientists

"We workers have strength" -- this sonorous melody once accompanied the growth of China's manufacturing industry from scratch, lighting up an era. However, in the past 30 years of reform and opening up, the social status of workers has been declining again and again, and it has even been described as "peasant workers". In the new era of "Made in China moving towards 2025 and "mass entrepreneurship and innovation", what will happen to the status of skilled workers?

The "Manufacturing Talent Development Planning Guide" jointly issued by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has brought great good news to the manufacturing industry. The "Guide" is an important supporting document of "Made in China 2025", which aims to further improve the quality of the manufacturing talent team and provide talent guarantee for the realization of the strategic goal of a manufacturing powerhouse.

The low social status and treatment of workers is one of the four major problems restricting the transformation and upgrading of my country's manufacturing industry. The overall social status and benefits are relatively low, the development channels are not smooth, the investment in talent training and training is generally insufficient, and the social environment for talent development needs to be further improved.

In the opinion of Li Beiguang, a member of the Office of the Leading Group for the Construction of a National Manufacturing Power and Deputy Director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, one of the highlights of the "Guide" is to elevate the status of skilled workers to those of entrepreneurs and scientists. equally important position.

30 years of workers' status in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi

From the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the first few years of reform and opening up, it belongs to the era of high spirits of the working class. In the future, Made in China has grown from nothing, from weak to strong, and more importantly, it also reflects the national nature of the people who are the masters of the country led by the working class of our country. In many film and television dramas, there are girls who regard marrying a worker as a very honorable thing, and the status of the working class is unprecedentedly high. In the tide of history, countless workers fought on various fronts and contributed their youth with sweat. Iron Man Wang Jinxi was a distinctive mark of that era.

With the establishment of the market economy status, the diversification of the country's economic components, the social atmosphere and values have changed greatly, and the dominant position of the working class has also undergone subtle changes. Because at this time, most of China's manufacturing enterprises are relying on "small profits but quick turnover" to create benefits and value, and migrant workers with low education level who take up jobs after a little training have become the main force of the manufacturing line. They have dedicated their youth and sweat to Made in China, and created huge wealth with their hard-working and tenacious spirit, but only received a meager salary.

From the current data, migrant workers account for more than 60% of the domestic manufacturing industry, service industry and construction industry, and they have already become the main body of my country's workforce, showing employment, poverty and The trend of marginalization, its low social status and economic income discourages the new generation of workers.

The power of the new generation of skilled workers

In today's industrialization has matured, workers are no longer synonymous with low-quality labor. In industrially developed Germany and Japan, skilled workers have become the main body of the workforce. Skilled workers and skilled workers account for almost 80% of the total. They are an indispensable part of Germany and Japan's advantageous manufacturing and national core competitiveness. In 2009 and 2010, Chinese industrial workers, as a group, were selected as the person of the year by the American "Time" for two consecutive years, and were listed on the "World's Most Influential People" list of the famous American financial magazine "Caizhi". "One of the most powerful forces in the world economy".

Premier Li Keqiang stressed that building a high-quality industrial workforce is crucial to achieving the Made in China 2025 goal. Therefore, the primary task in the "Guide" is to promote the reform of the supply structure of manufacturing talents, promote the full coverage of employee training in manufacturing enterprises, take the cultivation of the craftsmanship spirit of excellence as an important part of the continuing education of employees, and cultivate people who advocate labor, be dedicated and trustworthy, strive for perfection, and strive for excellence. Manufacturing talents who dare to innovate.

The fifth task in the "Guide" points out that it is necessary to create a team of skilled technical and technical personnel, and to improve the technical skills level of enterprise employees as a whole. In the process of actively responding to the structural adjustment and industrial upgrading of traditional industries in the manufacturing industry, it is necessary to strengthen technical skills upgrading training and job transfer training for traditional industry workers. Manufacturing enterprises should actively carry out new-type apprenticeship training, relying on colleges and universities, vocational schools and various training institutions to actively carry out continuing education for employees, and innovate a hybrid talent training model that combines online and offline. Extensively carry out vocational skills competitions and on-the-job training activities for employees at all levels and types, and guide employees to learn new knowledge, study new technologies, and use new methods.

After interpreting the policy, we found that for existing assembly line workers, if they cannot master new skills as soon as possible through training and learning, and adapt to new needs, they will be eliminated. Manufacturing enterprises should provide such workers with more and better training opportunities, improve their ability and literacy, and enhance their comprehensive competitiveness; at the same time, with the help of relevant government departments, gradually improve workers' welfare and improve their working environment and working conditions , fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the workers to work hard.

With the continuous upgrading of China's consumption structure, innovative products with a strong sense of personalization and technology are increasingly favored by consumers. Today's manufacturing in China is becoming more and more demanding in terms of technology and innovation, and assembly-line workers who only perform simple assembly operations will soon be replaced by machines with artificial intelligence. It can be foreseen that in the near future, a large number of skilled workers with strong professional ability, high quality and craftsman spirit, together with manufacturing entrepreneurs, will become the "core competitiveness" of Chinese manufacturing.