Trade unions' new role in tech revolution

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. On Monday, in his important speech to mark the anniversary on May 1, President Xi Jinping highlighted the need to comprehensively enhance the quality of the workforce amid the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation.

What Xi pointed out is the right direction for the federation at a time when productive forces and the relations of production are undergoing profound changes. The federation is poised to make significant contributions to Chinese modernization by cultivating highly skilled workers and uniting workers under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

As the main force of the working class in China, industrial workers are a pillar for promoting the innovation and application of new technologies. To accelerate industrial upgrading and enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises, efforts should be made to deepen reform of industrial workers and cultivate workers with new strengths.