Pic story of Chinese bricklaying gold medalist in Tianjin

Wu Yuanzhou instructs students during a class on computer-aided designing (CAD) in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

The 26-year-old Wu Yuanzhou was bricklaying gold medalist of China's first national vocational skills competition in 2020 and the Worldskills Competition in 2022. For the past few years, he has been dedicating himself to vocational education, aiming to enable his students to command the latest technologies and standards of international vocational skill competitions. 

Wu Yuanzhou instructs students in practice at the bricklaying training base of Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

Wu Yuanzhou (C) and his colleagues are pictured at the campus of Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wu Yuanzhou talks about his personal experience in skills competitions before visitors at Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wu Yuanzhou instructs students in practice at the bricklaying training base of Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wu Yuanzhou instructs a student in practice at the bricklaying training base of Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wu Yuanzhou measures a finished wall at the bricklaying training base of Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)