China wins four gold medals in World Skills Competition

The 43rd World Skills Competition closed on Sunday in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo, with China scoring four gold medals in manufacturing, welding, hairdressing, and car painting.

Due to the technical failure of precision measuring machine, the announcement of results for CNC Milling has been postponed to next week. In addition to gold medels, competitors from Chinese delegation also won 6 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and 12 Medals for Excellence.

"The contestants demonstrated their potential. Though we have advanced on some categories, no major breakthrough was seen yet. We expect to achieve better results in the future," said Tang Tao, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security.

The Albert Vidal Award, or the highest individual almighty prize, was shared by the competitors of Britain, Brazil and South Korea.

China has "gradually progressed" in the biennial WorldSkills Competition, billed as the "Olympics of Skills." It has skilled talents in one fourth of the competing fields, while performing above average in the other fields, said Simon Bartley, president of the Amsterdam-based WorldSkills International.

It was the first time that the competition was held in Latin America, with the highest number of participants in its history - a total of 1,192 contestants from 59 countries and regions demonstrate their skills during the four-day agenda.