China News Service, April 30, Title: The same frontline workers face to face, Xi Jinping asked two questions

"What sequence does your professional title take?"

This is a sentence from General Secretary Xi Jinping, who was sitting opposite and wearing workshop uniforms when he participated in the discussion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Zheng Zhiming is an fitter who has been rooted in the front line for more than 20 years. He can control the processing accuracy of parts to 0.002 mm and was named "The Great Power Craftsman of the Year" in 2022.

In the venue, he reported to the General Secretary: "Our country has introduced a policy to break the ceiling. I have just been named a special technician and a senior engineer. The Party's policies have also given us workers who graduated from vocational high schools a good way out. This is something I never thought of in the past."

"How is the income now?" The General Secretary asked again.

Zheng Zhiming replied: "Very good! I am an annual salary system, at the same level as the middle-level cadres of the company."

Education and creation of talents is the foundation of the country. Behind this dialogue between General Secretary Xi Jinping and Zheng Zhiming is the care and concern for workers and advanced workers, and it is also a microcosm of the inclination of policy measures towards grassroots workers.

"Model workers and advanced workers are role models of the people and pillars of the country. The whole society should learn from their deeds and carry forward their spirit." On April 28 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping said this at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Commendation Conference for Model Workers and Advanced Workers.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has praised model workers many times and emphasized the need to "respect model workers and promote the spirit of model workers."

At a discussion with national model workers representatives, General Secretary Xi Jinping said to Mr. Liang Jun: "Your deeds are known to everyone of our age. You are amazing in China's first female tractor driver."

When communicating with Sun Jingnan, a welder from CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Vehicle Co., Ltd., General Secretary Xi Jinping said, "The craftsmen of a great country are the cornerstone and pillar of our Chinese nation building."

At the site of the "July 1st Medal" award of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping said to Ai Aiguo, the "leader" in the field of welding: "The craftsmen of a great country need people like you."

Glory belongs to workers, and happiness belongs to workers.

From the village party secretary on the loess land to the leaders of a great country, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always loved labor and cared for workers.

When he was in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi, he led his fellow villagers to chop weeds, drill wells, repair silt dams, repair terraces, and build biogas pools; when he was working in Zhengding, Hebei, he caught the villagers hoeing the fields and sewages, and he picked up a hoe and started working; when he was inspecting the Babu Sha Forest Farm in Gulang County, Gansu, he picked up a trench plow and participated in the sand control labor. His skillful actions made the forest farm workers sigh, and he knew at a glance that the General Secretary was "old-handed".

"Our roots are in the working people." In a simple sentence, it is a true portrayal of General Secretary Xi Jinping's practice.

The new era and new journey put forward new expectations and new requirements for workers.

"We must adapt to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation and comprehensively improve the quality of workers." General Secretary Xi Jinping said at the conference on April 28.

The General Secretary has put forward specific requirements on many occasions for improving the quality of workers.

"Contemporary workers should not only have strength, but also have wisdom and technology, be able to invent and innovate, and play the main theme of the times with practical actions."

"The vast majority of working people should be diligent in learning, learn culture, science, skills, and all aspects of knowledge, constantly improve their comprehensive quality, and develop strong skills."

"We must enhance our awareness of innovation, cultivate innovative thinking, and demonstrate the courage to innovate, the aspiration to be the first, and the vigorous vitality."

...

...

Labor creates happiness, and work hard to achieve great achievements. On the road ahead, glory belongs to every striving struggle who is responsible.

As General Secretary Xi Jinping said, "Happiness will not fall from the sky, and a better life depends on labor to create." As long as you are diligent in learning, good at practice, and work diligently and strive for excellence in your work, you will definitely be able to create a shining life.

｜Producer: Chen Lujun

｜Producer: Zhang Mingxin

｜General planning: Yu Lan

｜Planning: Wu Qingcai

｜Coordinator: Ma Xueling Kan Feng

｜Written by: Li Jingtong

｜Proofreading: Yuan Xiuyue

｜Visual: Xu Yang

Produced by "Xi Yandao" Studio in China News Network