On July 28th, 2023, the 2nd Great Powers Craftsmen Innovation and Exchange Conference and Great Powers Craftsmen Forum with the theme of "Craftsmanship Builds Dreams, Skills Serves the Country" opened in Beijing, with more than 500 model workers, craftsmen, and top experts on the same stage to exchange and learn from each other. Dr. Chen Wei, Director of STEP Technology Centre, attended the conference as the only private enterprise representative of Shanghai Delegation. Dr Chen Wei, Director of STEP Enterprise Technology Centre, attended the conference as the only representative of private enterprises in Shanghai delegation, showing the artisan style of a scientific and technological worker in the field of intelligent manufacturing.

Great Country Craftsmen Innovation and Exchange Conference Opens in Beijing
A total of 34 craftsmen and employee representatives from Shanghai went to Beijing to participate in this conference, including 5 Great Country Craftsmen and 21 Shanghai Craftsmen. During the on-site exhibition activities, Dr Chen Wei was invited to arrive at the Shanghai exhibition area and stood on the highest stage of Chinese artisans. A number of scientific research achievements brought by him attracted the attention of many participants as soon as they appeared in the Shanghai exhibition area, letting everyone understand the key technology of automated intelligent equipment and the prospect of helping enterprises achieve transformation and upgrading and high-quality development.
Dr Chen Wei
Dr. Chen Wei, Director of Enterprise Technology Centre of Shanghai STEP Electric Co., Ltd, has been awarded the honors of Shanghai Artisan, Shanghai May 1st Labour Medal, Shanghai Talent Development Grant and so on. He is engaged in the research and development of core technologies in the direction of AC motor drive control, servo operation and control, industrial robot drive control, etc. He owns 32 nationally authorised invention patents, and has published 26 academic papers such as SCI and EI. Over the years, Dr Chen Wei, with his exquisite professional skills, the pursuit of the ultimate spirit of innovation, uphold the craftsmanship, with hard work and perseverance, writing the road of craftsmen to build their dreams.
He went to the event with great enthusiasm, and faced with the outstanding achievements of the "great master craftsmen", Dr Chen Wei was greatly encouraged and gained a lot. All kinds of digital intelligent equipments displayed in each exhibition area let him see the great progress of China in the field of automation and intelligent manufacturing; taking the opportunity of the General Assembly, Dr Chen Wei exchanged and discussed with the big names on the development trend and application of intelligent manufacturing, and reached an effective consensus.
Dr Chen Wei exchanges and learns from the participating craftsmen.
Tan Tianxing, Vice Chairman, Secretary of the Secretariat and member of the Party Group of All-China Federation of Trade Unions (middle), and Gui Xiaoyan, member of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions (first from the left) listened to Chen Wei's introduction on the spot.
STEP is a company that focuses on independent research and development of core technologies, builds a platform for the growth of craftsmen and highly skilled talents, promotes the skills upgrading and career development of talents, and has the soil to cultivate craftsmen, and has successively emerged a number of outstanding talents such as National Labour Models, Shanghai Labour Models, Shanghai Craftsmen, Shanghai Pujiang Talents, Jiading Craftsmen, and Jiading Skill Pilots, etc. At present, these labour models, craftsmen, etc. are all working in STEP. At present, these labour models, craftsmen and other talents lead the team in various R & D fields to work hard, with craftsmanship casting artisanal products, and carry forward the spirit of craftsmanship.
Under the enterprise vigorously promote the spirit of labour, creativity and craftsmanship, STEP people always carry an ordinary heart, explore the principles behind the details, never give up, and give back to the industry market with quality products and services. In the future, STEP will further play a leading role in the demonstration, the implementation of a number of measures to cultivate talent, accelerate the pace of training of skilled personnel, and take "internal and external" training, "skills competition", "staff style" and other platforms as the starting point. By taking "inside and outside" training, "skills competition", "staff style" and other platforms as the gripping hand, STEP will influence and drive more high-skilled and complex talents to grow and advance, and contribute to the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.





