The 2nd Belt and Road International Skills Competition (BRISC) will be held in southwest China's Chongqing municipality from June 24 to 26. The event will attract over 300 participants, referees, and related personnel from 60 countries and regions.
Co-hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Development and Reform Commission, the 2nd BRISC upholds the principles of 'Openness, Intelligence, Green Development, Safety, and Uniqueness.' The competition will feature 18 competition events, modeled after the World Skills Competition (WSC).
"Highlighting precise matching, the competition events of the 2nd BRISC include 11 world-class competition events and seven other events tailored to the industrial development demands of Belt and Road participating countries. Additionally, we have considered the industrial structures of China, particularly Chongqing, and the new quality productive forces to design these events. The seven tailored events are closely aligned with the realities of industrial technical development and the demands for nurturing technical talent," said Wang Xiaojun, deputy director general of the Department of Vocational Capacity Building under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
The 2nd BRISC will feature multiple formats and parallel activities to promote cooperation, project signing, and results transformation among BRI participating countries in skills exchanges and collaboration.
Chongqing to host 2nd Belt, Road International Skills Competition in June
Heads of international organizations on Tuesday hailed China's significant contributions to clean energy development, green and low-carbon transition and global climate governance, as the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) continued in the Turkish coastal city of Antalya.
Speaking at a side event titled "Ecological Civilization and Beautiful China Practices" at the China Pavilion, Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said China has long been a staunch supporter of multilateralism, adding that its firm commitment to the UN cause, particularly the UN climate agenda, has helped change the world.
"China's South-South cooperation has also supported the transition to clean energy and climate resilience in many developing countries. Your energy transition is like nowhere else on Earth. I was privileged to witness this firsthand on my many visits to your beautiful country in the past few years. That has delivered jobs. It's delivered growth. It's delivered development and greater energy security at home," Stiell said.
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol was equally effusive about China's energy transition, saying the country's speed of innovation had left a deep impression on him. China has shown the world the way forward, and a growing number of countries are following, he noted.
"China, the country that is hosting us today -- they have already made major achievements here, in terms of electric cars, in terms of renewables, in terms of battery storage and others. And I can tell you that China's role in clean energy is undisputable -- both in solar, wind, battery storage and electric cars," he said.
China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu told the same event that global climate governance now stands at a critical juncture, as the world moves from commitments to implementation.
He said China will always be a doer in climate action, firmly uphold multilateralism and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and work with all parties to deepen climate governance cooperation and push for practical outcomes at COP31.
Int'l organization heads at COP31 praise China's clean energy contributions
