On 24 June 2025, the second Shanghai Vocational Skills Competition successfully concluded at Oriental Land in Qingpu, Shanghai. The competition brought together 1,367 participants from 16 teams, and after three months of tense competition, 114 gold, 114 silver, and 95 bronze Medalists, as well as excellence award winners were announced at the closing ceremony. The Shangh…

Witness dreams in full bloom. Ignite the brilliance of skills. On 15 July, World Youth Skills Day, WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 Executive Bureau, together with WorldSkills International, announced that Chinese young actor and singer Xiao Zhan has been named a promotion ambassador for the event. The WorldSkills Competition is the world’s largest skills competition, organized biennially by WorldSkills …

  More than a record of what happened over those four unforgettable days, the WorldSkills Lyon 2024 Impact Report reveals the far-reaching impact of the WorldSkills Competition, which brought together the world’s most talented young professionals determined to demonstrate the power of skills to transform lives, industries, and societies. Through the lens of its three guiding pillars…

  The WorldSkills Expert Faculty is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Experts who have joined the management team as Representatives for Creative Arts and Fashion. They are Beatha Shinana from Namibia and Robin Gillet from France. These new Representatives will fill two vacancies in the group, further strengthening the Faculty’s mission to promote skills development and excellenc…

  In Zone 4 of the WorldSkills Museum, “Building a better world with skills”, there is a special “bicycle”. Getting on this bicycle in the supine position and pedaling hard, you can see in front of the LED strip where several small balls roll from the left of the red area to the right of the blue area. This whole process simulates how the pedal-powered pump and purification system w…

  Aapo Paunonen was recently appointed as the WorldSkills Champions Trust representative for Europe. Competing in CNC Milling as part of the Finnish team, he earned a Medallion for Excellence at WorldSkills Lyon 2024. This September, he will once again put his skills to the test at EuroSkills Herning 2025. Aapo studied at Savon Vocational College in Eastern Finland. When he was exploring his …

  Competing on the global stage for skills is the ultimate test. But what is the journey like to get there? Two WorldSkills Champions from Landscape Gardening share their story. It is the last day of WorldSkills Lyon 2024. Inside Eurexpo, the competition venue fills with the sound of drums, cheers, and cowbells. As the countdown for the Landscape Gardening competition ends, Samuel Bider and R…

  Mark your calendars for the unmissable WorldSkills Conference 2026! Taking place alongside WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, the global stage for skills, the Conference will bring together policymakers, government officials, industry leaders, educators, and young people to shape the future of skills development worldwide. The Competition will take place from 22 to 27 September 2026 with the exact days …

  WorldSkills sets the stage for a year of celebrations with the launch of a new campaign that shines a spotlight on the incredible people and moments that have made WorldSkills history and are shaping its future. For more than seven decades, WorldSkills has put skills on the global stage. The latest campaign designed to drive greater belief in the power of skills. The Global Stage for Skills camp…

  What kind of vision can museums offer in a rapidly changing society? On 18 May the WorldSkills Museum responded to this year’s International Museum Day theme with a dynamic “Skills Market”, inviting visitors to witness how skills offer an answer to today’s challenges.   Robots Assemble! Smart Tech Wows with Brains and Fun The arrival of the “intelligent little performers” was…