Wearing temporary staff badges, they eat, commute and work alongside enterprise employees to serve as full-fledged “apprentices in workshops” and “assistants on production lines”. On June 8, 32 outstanding young cadres of Huadu District visited key local enterprises including Dongfeng Nissan, Kinte Industrial, CETC POTEVIO and Hongli Zhihui for a one-week immersive on-the-job training covering the entire industrial chain. The activity arranges outstanding young cadres to hone their capabilities and gain experience at the frontline of economic development, comprehensively improving their proficiency in economy, industry, enterprise operation, investment promotion, talent recruitment and public services. Rooted in production frontlines to find out real conditions, delving deep into industrial chains to learn practical solutions, and solving problems through post-based services, the cadres sharpen their core capabilities for boosting development via hands-on practice, pioneering a new cadre training model featuring joint government-enterprise cultivation and mutual empowerment for both sides.

Immersive Attachment: Cadres Gain Practical Experience in Enterprises

The 32 participating cadres were divided into four groups and stationed at four enterprises. All wore uniform temporary staff badges and devoted themselves fully to corporate operations as ordinary employees. At Dongfeng Nissan Engine Plant, the trainees took on auxiliary tasks including material inventory and 5S on-site management on their first working day. Dressed in work uniforms, they followed veteran technicians to assemble components and study production processes, engaging in genuine frontline operations. 

This training curriculum is jointly customized by the Organization Department of the CPC Huadu District Committee and participating enterprises. It covers production and manufacturing, supply chain coordination, technological research and development, marketing, brand management, human resources and other segments, enabling cadres to learn the full spectrum of enterprise operations. The training innovatively adopts a dual-mentor tutoring mechanism. Each group is assigned one senior enterprise executive as an industrial mentor to interpret industrial development trends, corporate strategic plans and operation & management philosophies. Meanwhile, two to three core business specialists act as hands-on tutors to provide one-on-one guidance on equipment operation and business handling. Full-time liaisons dispatched by the District Party Committee Organization Department accompany the training throughout the entire process. Each training group has set up a temporary Party branch to extend Party organizational presence to the frontline of training, forming a talent cultivation system “where the organizational department builds the platform, enterprise tutors deliver professional instruction, and cadres gain first-hand insights through on-site practice”. 

At present, Huadu is in a critical period of kinetic energy transformation and competitive advantage reshaping. Focusing on the goal of constructing a modern industrial system, the District Party Committee Organization Department innovates training paths targeting bottlenecks in industrial development, pain points in enterprise services and difficulties in talent introduction and cultivation. It moves training classrooms from offices to production workshops, facilitating cadres’ shift from merely “observing industries in offices to learning practical industrial knowledge along industrial chains”.

Real-Scene Study Tour: Transforming Thinking and Cognition

Breaking the traditional classroom teaching mode in meeting rooms, the training arranges learning contents around five core sectors: production & manufacturing, technological R&D, marketing, supply chain management and human resources, with one special theme arranged every day. Cadres feel the “pulse of industry” at production frontlines, perceive the “momentum of innovation” in R&D centers, and understand “market logic” through sales and supply chain links. They also take an in-depth part in enterprise technical sharing sessions, new staff defense meetings and other frontline classes to learn cutting-edge industrial knowledge and upgrade comprehensive capabilities in real working scenarios.

"Only by taking part in production on the assembly line in person can I truly understand the hardships of enterprise operation. The experience from simply approaching enterprises to stepping into their core production and operation frontlines makes me realize there is much room for optimizing government services," said one participating cadre, which reflects the shared feeling of all trainees. Transforming from government civil servants to enterprise employees, cadres completely break the inherent bureaucratic mindset, establish an enterprise-demand-oriented user mindset, and shift from passive observers doing research to proactive practitioners engaging in hands-on work.

"In the past, we sat in offices 'imagining' what enterprises needed; now, we stand on the workshop floor 'seeing' for ourselves what enterprises lack." The frontline of enterprises is a vibrant arena for honing one's capabilities, as well as a broad stage for testing competence. Experience gained at the front line has given officials a deeper understanding of the competency standards required of those who are expected to understand economics, understand industries, understand enterprises, understand investment promotion, understand talent attraction, and understand service provision.

Mutual Learning and Common Progress: Government and Enterprises Forge Ahead Hand in Hand

At present, the Organization Department of Huadu District Party Committee has selected four key enterprises including Dongfeng Nissan, Hongli Zhihui, CETC POTEVIO and Knite Industrial to build industrial training bases for the "Six-proficient Talents" of Huadu District. Enterprise executives stated that the better cadres understand industries and corporate operations, the better the regional business environment will be, and this training marks a brand-new starting point for coordinated progress between the government and enterprises.

The training serves not only as a platform for cadres to temper their abilities, but also a two-way linkage for coordinated government-enterprise development. During the training, participating cadres systematically sorted out enterprises’ demands, coordinated operational bottlenecks on site, and acted as mobile policy propagandists. They interpreted enterprise-supportive policies such as project application and talent recruitment on the spot, sorted out administrative procedures in detail and answered policy inquiries, delivering timely policy support and new development ideas to enterprises. Huadu District has simultaneously built a closed-loop working mechanism covering problem identification, summary analysis, task assignment & implementation, and follow-up return visits, converting cadres’ training notes into action lists for enterprise services to fully implement targeted policy delivery and supportive services.

"The participating cadres are modest and eager to learn, fear no dirt or fatigue, and their suggestions are highly professional. This training delivers a win-win-win outcome: cadres receive education, enterprises gain tangible benefits, and regional development gains stronger momentum. We hope such training can be carried out regularly," all industrial mentors commented. Over the one-week training, cadres experienced all dimensions of enterprise operation, mastered in-depth industrial practical knowledge and collected enterprises’ demands, realizing mutual advancement and win-win results for both cadre growth and corporate development.

Systematic Cultivation: Build a Six-dimensional Matrix for Talent Development

This enterprise immersive training is a core link in constructing the six-dimensional cultivation matrix for "Six-proficient Talents". Since April this year, targeting problems including cadres’ insufficient capacity in economic work, weak industrial thinking and imprecision in enterprise services, the Organization Department of Huadu District Party Committee has systematically rolled out the "Six-proficient Talents" training program. It has elaborately built six interlinked and progressive training carriers: on-site shadowing for Six-proficient Talents, Bay Area research tours for Six-proficient Talents, enterprise immersive training for Six-proficient Talents, Six-proficient Talents Lecture Hall, Organization Cadre Salon for Six-proficient Talents, and Wisdom Pool for Six-proficient Talents – a suggestion collection platform, fully empowering cadres to grow professionally and deliver outstanding performance.

The district innovatively implements a two-way shadowing training mechanism pairing economic administrative departments with factor guarantee authorities, assigning cadres to three-month full-time immersive practice to master full-chain business covering project investment attraction through to formal production. Cadres are organized to conduct field research at benchmark enterprises such as BYD in the Greater Bay Area to learn advanced experience. The regular "Six-proficient Talents Lecture Hall" invites industrial experts to deliver lectures. Meanwhile, a mechanism combining three-month centralized intensive training with N-month follow-up project practice is adopted to help participating cadres translate acquired expertise into tangible outcomes driving local development.

Prosperous talents fuel thriving industries, and competent cadres drive robust development. The person in charge of the Organization Department of Huadu District Party Committee stated that the district will continue to deepen the "Six-proficient Talents" training project, incorporate enterprise immersive training into regular cadre capacity upgrading programs, accelerate the transformation of cadres from single-specialty professionals to versatile all-round talents, and provide solid talent support and organizational guarantee for further developing the northern growth pole of Guangzhou.