Fearless in the Face of Challenge, Boldly Striving Ahead: The 5th Jinji Lake Skills Invitational Final Officially Kicks Off!

10On the 20th, the Suzhou “Wudi Craftsman” Vocational Skills Competition Series – The 13th High-Skills Competition of Suzhou Industrial Park and the 5th Jinji Lake Skills Invitational Tournament⸻“The Kickoff Ceremony for the Finals of the “Biotech & Agilent Cup” National Open Challenge on Chromatographic Analysis Technology in Biopharmaceuticals, along with the Chromatography Technology Forum, Was Successfully Held at the Jinji Lake Roadshow Center.

This competition is hosted by the Administrative Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park, the Suzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, and the Suzhou Federation of Trade Unions; organized by the Organization Department of the Working Committee of Suzhou Industrial Park, the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Suzhou Industrial Park, the Federation of Trade Unions of Suzhou Industrial Park, the Working Committee of the Communist Youth League of Suzhou Industrial Park, and the Human Resources Management Service Center of Suzhou Industrial Park; co-organized by Suzhou Biotop Biotechnology Service Co., Ltd.; and specially supported by Agilent Technologies (China) Co., Ltd. and the Suzhou Industrial Park Bio-pharmaceutical Industry Promotion Association.

Innovation is the primary driving force, and talent is the most vital resource. The open and inclusive industrial park has struck a resounding chord in gathering talent and empowering high-quality development, accumulating strong momentum to promote the integration of industry and talent and to bolster innovation-driven growth.

At the launch ceremony, Chen Hua, Director of the Park’s Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and Deputy Director of the Competition Organizing Committee, delivered an inspiring address. She stated that biomedicine is a strategic emerging industry that the park has consistently prioritized and cultivated. The park has always aligned talent development with reform and opening-up, evolving into a “talent paradise” through its talent attraction philosophy, supportive policies, flexible mobility mechanisms, and off-site talent hubs. As a national competition focused on laboratory skills within the biopharmaceutical industry, the Jinji Lake Skills Invitational provides a platform for exchange and demonstration for biopharmaceutical technical professionals in the park. By promoting training through competition, it fosters enduring momentum for the mutual reinforcement of high-skilled talent development and high-quality growth, thereby driving the vigorous development of the biopharmaceutical industry!

Chen Hua, Director of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Suzhou Industrial Park

“Boundless Skills, Defined Boundaries”—A total of 1,433 registration applications were received from 24 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across China for this competition, including 780 from the university category and 653 from the open category, with 1,341 valid participants. After two rounds of intense online competitions, 20 contestants from each category advanced to the offline grand finals. To objectively and fairly assess the competitors’ proficiency while highlighting the themes of “advanced technology” and “high-level skills,” we specially invited Agilent, an industry benchmark in chromatographic analysis technology, to serve as a special supporting organization for the event, providing instrumental equipment and technical support for the practical operations during the grand finals.

Agilent Assistant Vice President and Sales Expansion Team for Greater ChinaTeam General Manager: Zhu Yingxin

“Learning alone without friends leads to narrow-mindedness and limited knowledge, whereas diligent study with exchange fosters erudition and wisdom.” At the Chromatography Technology Forum, we have specially invited Professor Xu Guowang, Executive Deputy Director of the Biotechnology Department at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Director of the CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry; as well as a Professor from the Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University,Su Mengxiang, Director of the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Pharmacy at China Pharmaceutical UniversityDr. Liu Xiaodong, a professor, an expert under the National Major Talent Project, and founder of Naptics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., along with Mr. Lu Rui, Application Engineer for Agilent’s liquid chromatography products, and other distinguished experts, delivered insightful thematic presentations.

Xu Guowang, Executive Deputy Director of the Biotechnology Division, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Su Mengxiang, Director of the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Pharmacy at China Pharmaceutical University

Liu Xiaodong, Founder of Naxuan Analysis (Technology) Suzhou Co., Ltd.

Lu Rui, Application Engineer for Agilent Liquid Chromatography Products

The clarion call for the competition has sounded. We wish all contestants fear no challenges, strive for excellence, and achieve outstanding results in the finals! We also hope that this competition will enable every participant to further deepen their theoretical knowledge of chromatographic analysis and enhance their practical analytical skills. Furthermore, we extend our best wishes for the complete success of the Jinji Lake Skills Invitational, under the leadership of the Administrative Committee of the Industrial Park, with the careful guidance of the Organizing Committee, and through the united cooperation of the working teams from Biotope and Agilent!