China News Service, Shenyang, November 9 (Reporter Li Hu) In order to vigorously promote the spirit of craftsmanship and improve the professional skills and service quality of the city's elderly care workers, the 2026 Shenyang "Craftsman Cup" Career Skills Competition for Elderly Care Workers, jointly sponsored by the Shenyang Federation of Trade Unions, Shenyang Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and Shenyang Civil Affairs Bureau, was held from the 7th to the 8th.
The 2026 Shenyang "Craftsman Cup" Vocational Skills Competition for Elderly Care Workers will be held from the 7th to the 8th. Photo by Li Chen
Before the start of the competition, Wang Kai, the first prize winner in the nursing care competition of the Second National Vocational Skills Competition in the Civil Affairs Industry in 2025, and Cui Hongyu, the second prize winner in the nursing care competition in the finals of the Second National Household Service Industry Vocational Skills Competition in 2025, were specially invited to demonstrate the two-way mutual promotion skills of nursing care standard practice and bedside care. Subsequently, the chief referee and representatives of the contestants took oaths respectively, solemnly promising to be impartial in refereeing and to strictly abide by competition disciplines.
This year's "Craftsman Cup" competition has two major assessment links: theoretical knowledge and practical skills, to test players' professional skills and on-the-spot adaptability in multiple dimensions. The practical session is divided into institutional scenarios and home scenarios, focusing on comprehensive service capabilities such as daily care, rehabilitation care, emergency response, and humanistic communication. The participating teams have a diverse lineup, including industry veterans with long experience in the competition, as well as enthusiastic new generation graduates born in the 2000s. The competition insists on using competition to promote learning, competition to promote training, and competition to promote evaluation, and builds a professional platform for the city's nursing staff to learn skills and hone their abilities.
The 2026 Shenyang "Craftsman Cup" Vocational Skills Competition for Elderly Care Workers will be held from the 7th to the 8th. The picture shows the skills display session. Photo by Li Chen
Up to now, Shenyang has held six elderly care skills competitions at the municipal level, which is an important cradle for the growth of Shenyang’s elderly care talents. A group of outstanding front-line practitioners came out of this local competition platform. After polishing and training, they accumulated competition experience and solidified their practical skills, and then stood on higher-level competitive stages such as provincial and national levels, winning many heavyweight honors. A group of outstanding elderly care workers broke out from the municipal competition and rushed to higher-level competitions. They fought bravely to be the first, and emerged as national technical experts, Liaoning technical experts, Shenyang May 1st Labor Medal winners, and many other industry benchmarks.
Behind the achievements of talents is Shenyang City’s systematic pension talent training system. Shenyang City continues to promote the training plan for 1,000 elderly care workers and the training plan for 10,000 family caregivers. It has trained more than 30,000 elderly care practitioners and more than 40,000 family caregivers. It has implemented the employment subsidy policy for elderly care graduates and continues to build a solid foundation for the talent echelon of elderly care services.
In the next step, Shenyang Civil Affairs Bureau will continue to rely on skills competitions to discover and cultivate high-quality elderly care talents, guide the majority of elderly care practitioners to adhere to their original intention of respecting the elderly, protect the elderly's happy old age with excellent professional skills, and promote the high-quality development of the city's elderly care services. (over)
