The "Craftsman of the Year" programme, jointly organised by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the China Media Group, and aiming to promote model workers and the value of labour and craftsmanship, announced its selections for 2019 recently.

Zhu Shijie, an outstanding open-education student at the Ningbo Branch of the Open University of China (OUC), and head of the bridge-crane class of Ningbo Beilun No. 3 Container Terminal (part of the Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Investment & Operations Group and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group), is the only person from Ningbo on the list.

Zhu Shijie enrolled in the undergraduate Administration and Management programme at the Ningbo Branch in the autumn of 2010, and then the bachelor-degree Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation programme in the spring of 2018. He loves learning, and is diligent in research. For his accomplishments he has been named an outstanding graduate of the OUC and an outstanding Ningbo-branch alumnus.

Over the years, Zhu Shijie has devoted himself to research, and created a set of bridge-crane operations featuring "stability, accuracy and efficiency", which have become popular, and helped create great economic benefits through their use at the Ningbo port. Zhu Shijie has grown rapidly from a young vocational high-school student to an innovative operations-technology leader called the "Bridge Crane Champion", with an innovation studio named after him. He has been honored as a National Model Worker, National Technical Expert, Craftsman of a Big Country, and "Outstanding Port Employee", and has been elected a member of the All China Youth Federation, part-time vice chair of the 15th Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, member of the 10th Provincial Political Consultative Conference of Zhejiang, and delegate to the 14th Zhejiang Provincial Party Congress, enjoying a "special allowance of the State Council".

He has been doing solid work on the port’s production line for a long time, putting his skills to work to make bridge-crane operations more efficient. His methods are regarded as exemplary in the industry. He has innovated, enhanced efficiency, and written articles and even books. His position may be ordinary but his achievements have been anything but. He likes music and sports, and is enthusiastic about public welfare. He always maintains a positive and optimistic mindset, and an eagerness to break new ground that embodies the "craftsman mentality" of industrial workers in our time, challenging themselves and pursuing excellence. He is an outstanding representative of contemporary young workers.

 

 By Ningbo Branch; Photo from www.cnnb.com.cn/