CAItech Joint Venture Partner Wins Awards

Wuhan, China, Oct. 21, 2004 - CAItech's joint venture partner, Wuhan Huazhong Numerical Control Co.,LTD.(HCNC) won awards from both China's Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry (MOST) and China's Ministry of Education (MOE).  The Ministry of Science and Technology is a government cabinet level agency responsible for the implementation of national science and technology projects.  One of its important missions is to strengthen international cooperation in science and technology with other countries.  In September, the First Workshop on Numerical Control Technology was held at HCNC for the training of NC technicians.

In addition, MOST approved HCNC to set up China's National Numerical Control Engineering Research Center.  The center represents the highest academic research level in China doing numerical control.  At the same time, the Ministry named HCNC as part of "The Industrialization Base of the National New and High Technology".  The value of this endorsement is that HCNC will have added visibility in pursuing government programs aimed at improving China's industrial base.

China's State Ministry of Education (MOE), also a cabinet level department, has identified four skilled positions where China needs to improve its regional vocational education.  These four positions are nursing, auto mechanics, information technology and NC operators.  Vocational training centers are to be set up jointly by the national government and local governments at 160 locations throughout China for practical training of these skills. 

HCNC has taken a primary role in these training centers.  They conduct an annual national competition on NC skills, the first of which was held last month.  HCNC also bids on supplying NC equipment used by the training centers, winning over 70% of the projects which have been let to bid.  President Chen Jihong, chosen by MOST as the "National Outstanding Post-doctor", said,"We hope to work more closely with the national universities, vocational technical schools, special secondary schools, and with technical schools."

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