Following France’s Olympics fame, next up is the Workskills Expo which sees more than a thousand participants from roughly 70 countries are taking part in over 60 challenges spanning vocations ranging from artwork to welding. CGTN Europe's William Denselow reports.
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00:00It's the final day of competition and the race for medals is hotting up
00:05Participants from roughly 70 nations are showing their metal
00:08China has 68 participants looking to shine across 59 different disciplines
00:14Teams say it's a collaborative environment, but winning gold can help make their professional careers sparkle
00:21I think it's for their career for their whole their life
00:26And then they can run this field and that they can have a very well very good start of their
00:34Journey, you know their life
00:37Medals may be up for grabs, but the goal of the biannual work skills Expo is also for crowds here to draw
00:44inspiration
00:45this event is designed to give people a little taste of different parts of the working world and
00:53What ingredients are needed to be successful in a chosen career
00:58The Expo also gives delegations the opportunity to learn from one another
01:02They are able to come here and see how they match up against other countries
01:07It's a benchmarking system as a well as a individual assessment of the competitors who are representing their nation
01:14Shanghai was originally scheduled to host this event in
01:172021 delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Expo will head there in
01:222026
01:23This biannual event is seen as an opportunity to try and address shared problems like water pollution
01:31Urban water sewage treatment and the industrial water reuse
01:36Are the fundamental way to solve this problem. So water technology very important today
01:44Several days of tough competition will culminate in a medal ceremony and the hope is that these
01:49Competitors will inspire a new generation of skilled workers to come out the woodwork or even teach some old dogs a few
01:57new tricks
01:58William Denslow CGTN, Lyon