The collection includes a pendant made of gold and studded with diamonds, created by German court craftsmen in the 1600s — the oldest piece in the collection and also one of the oldest exhibits at the CIIE.
该系列包括一个由17世纪德国宫廷工匠创作的镶有钻石的金色吊坠，这是该系列中最古老的作品，也是CIIE最古老的展品之一。
A batch of new jobs, such as deliverymen, food delivery planner, craftsman host and operation analyst, have been created, according to the company.
Standing at a height of 1.8 meters or so, Kai Feng is a one-arm robot that is capable of shaping 2,000 blades a day, with the edges of each steel blade as sharp and precise as that of the most skilled craftsman in China.
Tea and coffee grew 1 percent for the year, largely driven by innovation and new product launches including Georgia Craftsman in Japan and Authentic Tea House in China.
They are the carriers of the craftsman spirit of China and are of huge significance to the economy, local brands and cultural values, the guideline stated.
"Shiseido has kept to its goal of creating a good life culture for the past 146 years by using the spirit of craftsmen to respond to people's beauty needs," said Kentaro Fujiwara, president of Shiseido China.
All revenue from the charity sale will be used to help intangible cultural heritage craftsmen from poor areas, said Huang Hongying, vice-president of online retailer, in Beijing on Tuesday.
VIP Love Workshop organized intangible cultural heritage craftsmen from poverty-stricken areas, most of whom were mothers, to join into local cooperatives.
"When the goods produced by intangible cultural heritage craftsmen from poor areas are sold, they can get about 30 to 60 percent of the sales revenue, which is a quite good income for them," said Huang.
com also announced strategic cooperation with China Women's Development Foundation, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and China Social Entrepreneur Foundation to build a new economic ecosystem for poverty alleviation of intangible cultural heritage craftsmen.
"You know you're meeting top craftsmen in their field.
Mamani, for example, an alpaca craftsman from Peru, used to make a living by selling alpaca artworks at his roadside stall, earning less than $20 a day.
Because of the CIIE, orders from China now generate a monthly income of $50,000 for him, and stable jobs for another 200 or more craftsmen just like him.
"Without the orders from China, many craftsmen like me will be unemployed," he said.
Yu Zhenfei, a craftsman who produces goods made with bamboo strips, is a good example.
"Many companies also ask experienced craftsmen to repair some components taken from abandoned Huizhou-style buildings that were torn down to use in new, modern houses, or to rebuild old Huizhou-style houses," he said.
As a result of the pandemic, many Peruvians lost their jobs, but the income of the company's 100-plus craftsmen did not decrease, keeping their families financially afloat as well.
The first craftsman who joined the company built a three-story building last year and even bought an off-road vehicle, the officials said.
A 1,000-square-meter diamond distribution center was unveiled at the hub last September, to directly sell the 1-to 12-carat diamonds inlaid by Israeli craftsmen on-site.
"This is a miracle achievement given that even the domestic market for high-end watercolor paper has been dominated by overseas products since the beginning of the century," said Shi Liming, a paper-making craftsman who has been working on watercolor paper research and production for over three decades.
China will select a second batch of around 30 pilot cities to integrate the industrial and educational sectors in the second half of this year as the country aims for greater numbers of skilled craftsmen, according to a guideline released by the National Development and Reform Commission.
"Implementing the guideline can help promote high-quality development of vocational education in China, and cultivate more highly skilled technical talent and craftsmen for the building of a modern socialist country in all respects," Lin Yu, deputy director of the department of vocational and adult education at the Ministry of Education, said during a news conference at the NDRC on Tuesday.
Building a modern industrial system requires both top-notch scientists and highly skilled craftsmen rooted in the production lines.
Due to their complex structure and numerous components, some cutting-edge fields such as aircraft engine manufacturing require a large number of skilled craftsmen from assembling engine blades to tightening screws, said Liu Ming, director of the social affairs department at the NDRC.
China will select a second batch of around 30 national pilot cities for the integration of industry and education sectors in the second half of this year as the country aims to foster more skilled craftsmen, the National Development and Reform Commission said on Tuesday.
Dragon boat master craftsman Xu Guisheng begins his work on simple wood blocks, but he expects them to emerge as divine creations at the helm of a grand tradition for Chinese communities worldwide.
Xu, 64, is a fifth-generation dragon boat craftsman in Miluo, Central China's Hunan province, and a registered inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage.
Saenklue is a prime example among the 8,000 Southeast Asian graduates from the Thailand-based program, which was named after Chinese craftsman and inventor Lu Ban of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).
The life of craftsmen like me changed beyond recognition thanks to the Internet," Wen said.
In the digital era, master craftsmen have increasingly turned to online channels to promote their craft and earn the social recognition that comes with it, according to Zhao Pu, head of the China Arts and Crafts Center.
"Traditional craftsmen blending with China's livestreaming economy and new retail business models is the current trend," said Zhao Pu, adding that China plans to establish more platforms like forums and universities for the craftsmen to better promote their ancient crafts.
"Everyone hopes that the Internet can help the craftsmen find their niche and allow consumers who are interested in handicrafts to purchase their latest products," Zhang said.
"It takes years to become a craftsman.
"The tradition in the gold industry is that apprentices learn from experienced craftsmen, but now we are focusing more on training programs for design, and research and development," he said.
GAC Motor has always insisted on building high-end, world-class products with a craftsman's spirit," Yu said.
Digitalization of local services has helped create a group of new jobs like deliverymen, food delivery planners, craftsman hosts and operations analysts.
Backed by policy, skilled workers to help spur prosperity in villagesAfter years of rural vitalization, a national strategy that aims to develop areas in the countryside, China is now planning to cultivate a group of high-level craftsmen in villages who can set up workshops or companies to create more jobs in their hometowns.
Last December, the National Rural Revitalization Administration and eight other government bodies — including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs — launched a guideline to boost the cultivation of craftsmen in villages, aiming to build a qualified team of workers in rural areas to breath life into local industries.
According to the guideline, officials will recognize about 100 master craftsmen nationwide and roughly 1,000 high-level model craftsmen, and also set up a group of workshops led by the latter until 2025.
Under the craftsmen's influence, more jobs are expected to be created and villagers will have the chance to earn more money.
Last month, a more detailed policy was issued to address questions such as how to select model craftsmen and what kind of support they will get from local governments.
Xu Xuchu, a professor at the China Academy for Rural Development at Zhejiang University, said the nation's cultivation of craftsmen is meant to be a catalyst that sparks a boom in local industries in villages, based on their unique characteristics.
According to a survey on China's traditional crafts conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2019, more than half of the craftsmen who mastered the skills were above 55 years, and 60 percent of them had no apprentice to pass on their knowledge to.
Xu said under the policies, craftsmen can enjoy various kinds of support from the government, expand their businesses and build up small industry chains in villages.
Designating model craftsmen is a move meant to drive these people to better make use of the government's policies and thus help their fellow villagers earn more money.
Since last year, Xu and other professors at Zhejiang University have provided training courses to potential model craftsmen, who were selected from across the country.
He added that some craftsmen are not selected from the areas related to traditional culture, but from industries that have been developed for years, such as farming and house building.
"Some local governments have broadened the meaning of craftsmen.
They're smart to make full use of the policy," said Xu, explaining that many villages don't have traditional craftsmen.
He added that in the guideline, craftsmen are defined as people who engage in traditional crafts, including paper-cutting, porcelain making and tie-dyeing, or those who work in other fields such as agriculture and homebuilding.
A list of this year's nominees for model craftsmen in Conghua included planters, flower growers and crab raisers.
There are altogether 15 craftsmen workshops like Ma's in Nanchong.
The guideline to cultivate craftsmen is meant to make this dream come true," he said.