How to bridge the silk talent gap
“Those who have deep roots will have a long history, and those who have deep roots will flourish.” The high quality of the silk industry Development is inseparable from technological innovation and the strong support of high-quality skilledtalents.
At the 2023 May Day International Labor Day celebration, Yu Changhui, a reeler and technician of Yinhong Silk Industry Co., Ltd. of Nansi Road Group, Ningnan County, Sichuan, who has long been involved in silk reeling production, won the “National May Day Labor Day” medal”. From an ordinary silk reeling worker to a technical expert in the national textile industry, Yu Changhui has made two-way achievements with the enterprise, which is a representative model for cultivating silk skilled talents. How to strengthen the construction of the talent team and solve the problem of talent shortage is a topic of common concern to people in the silk industry in recent years.
There are hidden concerns about talent gaps
As a major silk producer in the world, my country has rich experience and resource advantages in silk production. However, the lack of professional silk talents has been a prominent problem faced by the industry in recent years.
The “Guiding Opinions on the Development of the Cocoon and Silk Industry in Sichuan Province during the “14th Five-Year Plan”” mentioned that there is a shortage of talents and weak stamina. The talent training mechanism of the cocoon and silk industry in Sichuan Province is not perfect, and the vocational skills training system is imperfect. Most companies have insufficient investment in job training and talent training. There are not many cocoon and silk application-oriented higher vocational colleges in Sichuan Province, and skilled and craftsman talents are It is not very attractive to young people, the talent pool is in short supply, companies have difficulties in recruiting workers, labor shortages, aging and other serious problems have become common problems in the industry.
“Silk companies have encountered recruitment difficulties in recent years, and even experienced a shortage of skilled personnel. Taking Nanchong City as an example, Nanchong’s silk satin production accounts for 37% and 11.7% in Sichuan Province and the country respectively. The silk spinning and garment industry is It is one of the five pillar industries that drives the economic development of Nanchong. However, among the silk industry workers in Nanchong, there are very few young people under the age of 35. The personnel are seriously aging and most of the educational structure is junior high school. Professional and technical personnel and front-line technical workers The shortage has become a problem that plagues the development of most enterprises. As far as our enterprise is concerned, the proportion of young people is only about 10%, and more specialized talents are concentrated around 40 years old.” Wang Li, director of the textile workshop of Liuhe Group in Nanchong, Sichuan explain.
In Wang Li’s view, with the development of the market economy, some traditional industries with local characteristics such as silk spinning are gradually disappearing from the major settings of professional colleges. “For example, the school I graduated from back then no longer has a textile major. She believes that this may be an important factor causing the “disconnection” of technical talents in the industry.
There are many factors causing the shortage of silk talents, mainly including high work pressure, boring work process, low wages, long training cycle of corporate technical talents, high training costs, and the impact of other industries, especially the tertiary industry. It is worth noting that the silk talent training cycle is longer than that of other industries. Without two or three years of persistence in many types of work, it is difficult to even get started. The cultivation of highly skilled talents requires years of continuous cultivation and accumulation, and the brain drain is serious. , directly leading to talent gaps, technology outages, and productivity decline in enterprises.
“Especially at present, silk production has gradually moved towards automation and intelligence. However, most of my country’s silk professionals remain in the traditional craft and hand-made stages, lacking understanding of Familiarity and mastery of new technologies. Not only that, silk production involves multiple links and requires the collaboration of talents in different professional fields. However, from the current point of view, my country’s silk talent training system is not perfect, and exchanges and cooperation between different fields are not enough. Close. At the same time, due to the high labor intensity of some links in the silk production chain and the high mobility of silk practitioners, it is also a difficult problem to maintain the sustainable and stable development of talents in the silk industry.” Industry insiders analyzed.
Nurture and recruit talents to expand recruitment
Offline experiential classes on sericulture and silk weaving skills were launched, the silk design international talent training project was launched, and the “Qian Xiaoping Silk Fabric Design Training Class” was launched… In May, a number of silk industry talent training projects were launched one after another. The talent training process in the silk industry is accelerating, and more silk companies are beginning to actively explore new ideas and new ways of talent training.
In recent years, Yizhou District in Hechi, Guangxi has made great efforts and made great efforts in cultivating talents. It has gathered talents in the entire industrial chain and injected strong momentum into the development of the silkworm cocoon and silk industry.
Yizhou District implemented the “Silk Capital Gathering Talents” project and launched a batch of leading talent projects to lure geese back to their nests. At present, Yizhou District has built a small highland for mulberry and cocoon talents. The total number of mulberry and cocoon silk talents has reached 5,500, forming a talent echelon for cocoon and silk industry production management, technical research, and technical training; relying on the matrix of experts and professors to carry out “teaching and mentoring” and training There are 4,570 sericulture technical talents; relying on the “Yizhou-Nankai University Practice Base” and the Youth Talent Practice Base, 280 teachers and students from Nankai University, Sun Yat-sen University and other universities were guided to the sericulture production base and cocoon silk enterprises for research and practice, and to provide wisdom to Yizhou .
Not only that, Yizhou District is also the National Innovation Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Sericulture Resources of the National East-to-West Mulberry Moving Project.�� Hechi City Cocoon Silk Product Engineering Technology Research Center serves as a platform to strengthen cooperation with the National Sericulture Technology System Team, Guangxi Sericulture Technology Promotion Station, etc.; establish Yizhou Cocoon Silk Incubator and hire 6 experts including “Bagui Scholar” Zhu Fangrong Talents serve as incubator experts to promote collaborative research between industry, academia and research; the “Expert Talent Service Mulberry Cocoon Silk Cultural Tourism Industry Plan” was formulated, attracting 36 experts to participate in the cultural tourism industry entrepreneurship competition, and upgrading the industry through competitions to recommend and gather talents. Provide talent support.
In order to attract talents, silk companies are also showing off their unique skills. Zibo Kelly Silk Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Kelly Silk”) has actively cooperated with Shandong Light Industry Vocational College, Shandong Youth Political College and other schools in the past two years to connect relevant talents from colleges and universities, so that more young people can understand silk and delve into the silk industry .
As the “second generation of silk”, Yu Jinjian, chairman and general manager of Jiangsu Huajia Silk Co., Ltd., who returned from studying in the UK, returned to his hometown to join the enterprise. While integrating Western design into Eastern silk, he also introduced batches of talents. , giving the enterprise new vitality.
Like Huajia, Suzhou Shangjiukai Silk Technology and Culture Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shangjiukai”) also provides a stage for young people with dreams from all over the world to show off their talents. Wu Jianhua, chairman of Shangjiukai, said that it has very strong support for designer companies, such as providing house purchase subsidies and rental subsidies.
Diligent opening up of talent channels
“Skilled talents are an important part of the talent team and an important force supporting Made in China and China Creation. Under the new situation, we need to strengthen the cultivation of silk talents and establish Cross-field collaboration mechanisms, provide better working environment and benefits, and attract more potential talents to join the silk industry. Only in this way can the long-term and healthy development of my country’s silk industry be ensured.” said Tang Lin, President of the China Silk Association.
Yu Yuenan, chairman of the Silk Professional Committee of the China Textile Business Association, believes that the mid-to-high-end positioning of silk products should be maintained, high-quality products should be the core of brand development, and investment in technology, research and development, and talents should be increased to attract innovative thinking to enterprises. Young silk talents with professional abilities.
With the improvement of people’s living standards and upgrading of consumption, the market demand for silk products is also growing. “Therefore, we also need to strengthen market research and product research and development in the silk industry to improve the quality and added value of silk products. This requires us to cultivate a group of silk professionals with market sensitivity and innovation capabilities. At the same time, with the awareness of environmental protection With the enhancement of environmental protection, greenenvironmental protection has become an inevitable trend in the development of the silk industry. We need to cultivate a group of silk professionals with environmental awareness and technical capabilities to promote the silk industry in the direction of green environmental protectionTransformation and upgrading. The prosperity and development of my country’s silk industry requires the continuous support and guidance of professional talents. We should focus on cultivating a new generation of silk professionals and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the silk industry and other industries. Promote the sustainable development of the silk industry.” said Li Jianhua, chairman of Hangzhou Wanshili Silk Culture Co., Ltd.
Zhai Xianbao, chairman of Kelly Silk, believes that inheritance is fundamental and that silk culture can continue to move forward and requires the inheritance and innovation of fresh blood. “Enterprises must vigorously implement talent training strategies, actively cooperate with universities, social organizations, etc. to strengthen on-the-job training and ability improvement of corporate employees. They must also improve the talent attraction, retention and training mechanism, strengthen flexible talent recruitment, and build a talent exchange platform. At the same time, we vigorously promote the long history and culture of silk and guide and attract young talents to engage in the cocoon and silk industry.” Zhai Xianbao said.
Wang Li said that she hopes to cultivate professional and technical talents by entrusting professional colleges and universities, and provide some local policy support and subsidies to encourage more young people to join characteristic traditional industries and ensure that there are successors to the development of the industry. At the same time, we also hope to build an industry training platform through a combination of online and offline methods to achieve the purpose of exchanging basic operational skills in the industry and cultivating front-line technical personnel. Through the exchange of talent teams, we can form a sharing of skills resources and ensure the stable development of the industry.
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