On May 17, CULR vice president WU Wanxiong was invited to visit the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union. His delegation included relevant persons in charge of the School of Model Workers (National Academy of Craftsmen, Academy of Continuing Education).
Vice president Wu Wanxiong and his delegation held a discussion with HKFTU vice president Chan Tang Yuen and deputy general secretary Chan Sin Ming and other colleagues. Vice president Wu Wanxiong shared CULR's history and featured program of cultivating talents from Hong Kong and Macau, and exchanged views on the talent cultivation and academic research on the patriotic labor movement in Hong Kong, support for labor-relations-related knowledge and skills training, and other topics. Both sides expressed the willingness to deepen friendly cooperation and make greater contributions to the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.
Vice president Wu Wanxiong and his delegation visited the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union, and met with Ho On-sing, chairman of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Council, and Morgan Yang, director of the Hong Kong Institute of Construction to exchange views on how to further promote cooperation on skilled craftsmen and talents between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, introduction of the mechanism on cultivation of China's skilled craftsmen, and other topics. Both sides agreed to continuously improve the resource sharing mechanism for craftsmen learning on the basis of previous communication and cooperation, achieve mutual empowerment, and further boost technological exchanges, connectivity and integration between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
During the stay in Hong Kong, vice president Wu Wanxiong and his delegation visited the HKFTU Employment Service Center, HKFTU Greater Bay Area Social Services, and HKCIEGU art exchange center on Kam Sheung Road.
CULR has maintained long-term friendly cooperative relationships with HKFTU and HKCIEGU. In November 2024, HKCIC visited CULR and put forward the demand on promoting the craftsmen and talents cultivation in Hong Kong's construction industry. The visit this time will further deepen the exchanges and cooperation between CULR and HKFTU and HKCIEGU, to lay a solid foundation for cultivating talents for the patriotic labor movement in Hong Kong, and establishing a craftsmen and talent training system in Hong Kong.
(School of Model Workers (National Academy of Craftsmen, Academy of Continuing Education))