Hundreds of flowers bloom along the Silk Road, craftsmanship nurtures the transportation forest.

In the midsummer of Urumqi, Xinjiang, the sun blazed like fire, mirroring the surge of enthusiasm within the conference venue. On July 9, at the semi-annual work meeting of the National Transportation Investment Industry Talent Development Alliance, Zhang Jie, Director of the Ministry of Transport's Professional Qualification Center, delivered a powerful opening remark: "At the start of the '15th Five-Year Plan,' we are dedicating ample time today to report progress, demonstrating the center's serious attitude and firm determination to serve the alliance well."

Subsequently, representatives from Jiangsu, Xinjiang, Henan, Shandong, and other regions took the stage one after another. From model innovation in the east to frontier exploration in the west, from the digital transformation in the central plains to the ecological construction in Shandong, four distinctive practical paths collectively painted a vivid picture of the alliance's "collaborative creation."

Reviewing the "Three Mainstays" to Set the Development Trend

Zhang Jie reviewed the development journey of the alliance since its establishment, pointing out that major transportation investment groups have thoroughly implemented President Xi Jinping's important directives on integrating education, technology, and talent. They have closely integrated talent work with technological innovation and industrial development, achieving solid results.

Based on the alliance's practical exploration, Zhang Jie accurately summarized the current operational trend of the National Transportation Investment Industry Talent Development Alliance with the "Three Mainstays": provincial transportation investment groups have become the "main force" in integrating education, technology, and talent work in the transportation investment field; the alliance platform has been forged into the "main base" for advancing talent work, industrial development, and industry management in a coordinated manner; and the "main theme" of party leadership, talent foundation, and cultural soul-building has been established.

This judgment was confirmed in multiple dimensions at the scene.

A representative from Jiangsu Communications Holding Co., Ltd. introduced the company's "five-feature" talent cultivation system, which has evaluated and certified 26,700 individuals cumulatively.

Xinjiang Transportation Investment Group, facing the vast territory of 1.66 million square kilometers, has coordinated a "three-dimensional layout," creating a dense service network of "1 center + 15 stations" and using the "Jiaocaihui" platform to address the challenges of training in remote areas and long travel distances.

Shandong Hi-Speed Group demonstrated the effectiveness of its "systematic operations." As the first specialized institution among provincial state-owned enterprises, it released the "Talent Development Plan," accumulated 12 million hours of learning through the "High-Speed e-Learning" platform, systematically developed 2,371 courses, and built a resource pool of 551 internal trainers, effectively transforming knowledge into assets.

Henan Transportation Investment Group also presented impressive results: focusing on empowering its core business, the proportion of skilled talent increased from 6% to 38.69% in three years, with 100% of key positions staffed by certified personnel.

Though the four regions have taken different paths, they all lead to the same goal, vividly demonstrating the practical effectiveness of the "main force."

Pragmatism was the defining tone of this meeting. Under the guidance of the Ministry of Transport's Professional Qualification Center, the alliance has focused on continuously streamlining the "connection chain" at the business level, effectively assisting member units in talent cultivation and achieving significant social and economic benefits.

For example, the collaborative research on toll operation between Jiangsu and Xinjiang pioneered inter-provincial cooperation; Xinjiang Transportation Investment Group completed the first and second phases of highway emergency responder evaluations, converting training results into a 40% improvement in rescue efficiency; Shandong Hi-Speed Group innovatively built a closed-loop "evaluation, training, utilization, and management" system, enrolling over 180 high-performing talents into its database and seamlessly integrating it with the human resources system; Henan Transportation Investment Group, leveraging its "one city, one company" layout, established 21 standardized examination centers.

These cases demonstrate that the alliance is transitioning from "physical aggregation" to "chemical reaction," becoming a veritable "main base" for resource integration.

Looking Ahead to Building a Talent "Home Harbor"

Looking ahead, Zhang Jie emphasized focusing on "eight key tasks," proposing to align talent evaluation with the precise matching of supply and demand. He reflected on the alliance's starting point and affirmed the fast-paced operation of "one special project per quarter." For the future, the speeches of several units provided highly actionable "tips."

Addressing the pain points of industry talent cultivation requires institutional innovation. Under the specific guidance of the Ministry of Transport's Professional Qualification Center, Jiangsu Communications Holding Co., Ltd. explored a new "one exam, two certificates" model based on local realities, enabling over 1,500 employees to obtain two certificates through a single assessment. This model organically combines corporate vocational skill level certificates with professional capability evaluations in the transportation sector, integrating high-quality resources from both the industry and enterprises, shortening time cycles, reducing costs, and achieving significant social and economic benefits.

Shandong Hi-Speed Group also conducted the first professional capability evaluation for highway emergency responders and actively explored the application of AI large models and digital humans in teaching. It developed a "digital profile" for "highway toll and monitoring personnel," leading the direction of technological transformation in the industry. These initiatives have allowed frontline employees to find a sense of professional belonging through dual recognition from "enterprise + industry."

Zhang Jie stated that this sense of belonging points not only to the macro level of the industry but also to the micro-level feelings of every talent worker. Sharing his journey from technology work to talent work, he remarked, "Talent work is a 'hidden achievement' that requires great patience and determination."

The Ministry of Transport's Professional Qualification Center continues to promote various offline activities and regular interactions within the alliance, significantly enhancing the sense of achievement and honor among frontline talent workers.

Whether it is the "H-shaped" development channel built by Xinjiang Transportation Investment Group, breaking the "ceiling" for skilled talent careers, Shandong Hi-Speed Group's implementation of the "Wild Goose Formation Plan" (leading geese, exemplary geese, competitive geese, and aspiring geese), Henan Transportation Investment Group's third-place team award in competitions, or Jiangsu Communications Holding Co., Ltd.'s ongoing "Craftsman Growth Camp," all are striving to create a favorable ecosystem that attracts and retains talent.

Shandong Hi-Speed Group has also actively responded to the new "eight-level worker" system, establishing a four-level growth channel from S1 to S4, with corresponding tiered allowances, greatly stimulating the intrinsic motivation of skilled talent and achieving significant social and economic benefits.

As the meeting concluded, the evening twilight deepened outside, but the discussions inside the venue remained heated. The representatives understood that this semi-annual work meeting was not just a summary but also a mobilization. It clearly conveyed a message: amidst the wave of industry transformation, the National Transportation Investment Industry Talent Development Alliance is turning the vision of "many hands make light work" into reality through pragmatic actions. The road ahead is long, but this collaborative and innovative fertile ground, spanning east to west and connecting internal and external resources, will undoubtedly make the "harbor" for transportation talent more solid and warm, providing a stronger foundation of talent for accelerating the construction of a transportation powerhouse.