April 22, 2008 national vocational skills competition and a series of activities to launch the third National Skills Competition opening ceremony of the NC is held in Beijing, launched 5 races including numerical control skills contest .

  Third National Skills Competition remains from Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Defense Science and Technology Industry Council, the China Federation of Trade Unions, China Machinery Industry Federation to host. Digital generosity from the Beijing Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan in Central China CNC Ltd., the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology , Dalian Machine Tool company. Human Resources and the Ministry of Social Security Minister Yin Weimin, vice minister Zhang Xiaojian, vice minister of the Ministry of Railways Peng Kai-chou, Wang Ruixiang, deputy director of SASAC, the Press and Publication Administration longer than the original countersign Yong Zhan, China Machinery Industry Federation deputy JIA Cheng-ping, chairman, Wang Xiao, secretary of the CYL Central Committee, attended and spoke. Assistant Minister of Education Zhou Yang Fu, also attended the kick-off ceremony. A national level, the second category of the contest organizers of the comrades, NC to participate in the skills competition provinces (cities), as well as representatives of players and referees on behalf of about 2,000 people attended the kick-off ceremony. The launching ceremony also marked the third National Skills Competition NC across the country officially started.

  The Championship race examination content includes theoretical knowledge, software applications and practice, and the new multi-axis processing content. Workers group and the group of teachers using full-featured 4-axis CNC lathes and milling machines and CNC machining centers. Consistent with the last group of students. Each conference will be selected in April 2008 WRC-03 be held throughout the country. National Finals will be in mid-October 2008 held in Dalian.

  The contest is the final test will parade the organizing committees in all arenas, enterprise workers and teachers in vocational institutions assembly. Solicitation in 2008 from April to June across the country started (see specific notification contest official website www.cncc2008.com.cn). The proposition team of experts finalized the parade is the final test will be in September 2008 in the official contest web site. Competition Organizing Committee to participate in collecting the papers of judges, the winners will be awarded honorary certificates and material incentives and invite the winners to participate in November 2008 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing  to the closing ceremony.