Last month, Ma Hongda, a young man from Zhejiang born in 2000, won the World Championship. This news was reproduced by central media such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, CCTV News, and once became a hot search and attracted public attention.

Qianjiang Evening News·Hours News Reporter Dai Xinyi

"Scrape putty to become the world champion"! Last month, a young man born in Zhejiang, Ma Hongda, won the World Championship in 2000. This news was reprinted by central media such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, CCTV News, CCTV News, , etc., and once became a hot search and attracted public attention -

French On October 23, local time, the French division of the 2022 World Skills Competition Special Competition ended, and the Chinese delegation won 2 golds and 2 bronzes. Among them, Zhejiang player Ma Hongda won the gold medal in the plastering and partition wall system project, achieving a breakthrough in the "zero" gold medal in the event.

Yesterday (November 10), a reporter from Qianjiang Evening News·Houri News saw this world champion of "scraping putty" with his own eyes at Hangzhou No. 10 Middle School. He returned to his junior high school alma mater with black-framed glasses, competition uniforms, and backpacks on his backpack.

Junior high school grades are generally naughty and

How to become a world champion?

Ma Hongda is a 2016 graduate of Hangzhou No. 1 Middle School. Six years ago, at the age of 16, he did not become a winner in the high school entrance examination; six years later, at the age of 22, he won the World Skills Competition and returned with honor.

Junior high school class teacher Yu Shuohan hasn't seen Ma Hongda for 5 years, because one year after entering the secondary vocational school, Ma Hongda signed up to join the training team and has been participating in training camps for the next five years and has basically never had a vacation.

So when Ma Hongda rushed up to hug the head teacher, Teacher Yu didn't even react: "I haven't seen him for five years, and he has become much more calm. Ma Hongda in front of me and the students in my memory cannot be combined into one for a while. When I first took over, there were two naughty little things in the class, one of which was Ma Hongda, but he was relatively low-key."

This time I went back to my alma mater, Ma Hongda shared his junior high school life with teachers and students of Hangzhou No. 1 Middle School. After graduating from elementary school, he went to Hangzhou to study from Wenzhou : "At that time, he was not familiar with the place and was brave. Teacher Yu kept giving me confidence in interpersonal communication. Otherwise, like I shared it in front of the whole school today, I might not even be able to say anything."

Ma Hongda admitted that his junior high school grades were average, but Teacher Yu still grasped him very "tightly" and "the class was also very strict. If he didn't understand, he would also provide tutoring." By the third year of junior high school, Teacher Yu nagged the most about going to high school. Ma Hongda planned to go to a vocational school after graduation and learn a skill. "Teacher Yu is also very supportive. He often tells me that we should choose interests and hobbies as the first principle."

Because my parents are decoration workers and have strong ability to do it themselves, when I went to school, Ma Hongda did not hesitate to fill in Zhejiang Construction Technician College and signed up for the architectural decoration technician class.

In addition to choosing the right interests, in Teacher Yu’s impression, Ma Hongda also has a characteristic - he has extremely strong resilience in doing things. "In junior high school, a classmate said that he was not tall enough, so Ma Hongda insisted on exercising every day and grew a lot taller." Teacher Yu recalled, "He has a cheerful personality and a strong collective concept. He never missed all activities in the class. Sports and labor practice, and if you identify one thing, you will persist in completing it. His current grades are inseparable from the personality advantages he vaguely showed in junior high school."

Want to bring the plastering tool back to his alma mater

Scratch the students. Putty

I just entered high school in 2016. Ma Hongda didn’t know that there was a platform for World Skills Competition (referred to as “World Championship”). Later, in the 44th World Championship, two seniors of Ma Hongda’s high school played on behalf of China. He learned that there was also such a “World Skills Olympics”. “I was very interested in being able to use professional skills as a competitive event.”

In 2017, the coach came to the freshman class to select seedlings. Ma Hongda signed up without hesitation and has since become acquainted with the “World Championship”. Over the past five years, Ma Hongda has trained for more than 7 hours a day. It doesn't sound like it's long. Students study for more than 7 hours a day, but applying putty is a relatively high-strength labor. "A piece of gypsum board costs more than 50 kilograms. A complete set of works can be completed, and the total weight can be one ton. The training is very tiring. In comparison, learning is relatively easy."

Ma Hongda said that since then, he has basically no weekends or summer vacations, and he has only been home for a few days during the winter vacation.The summer in Hangzhou is hot, with more than 40 degrees indoors, and there are no air conditioners or ceiling fans in the training grounds, so hot that they sweat all over. It is particularly cold in winter because water is used for indoor plastering, and the faucet is turned on to the point where the ice is biting.

World Skills Competition schedule lasts 4 days, with 6 hours of competition on the first day. You have to sprint with all your strength on the field, and there is no rest time at all. "At the end of the afternoon, I walked from the arena to the door for 10 minutes. I was so tired that I couldn't walk anymore. I had to find a stone pier on the side of the road to sit down and slow down, and then slowly walked to the subway station."

"I will definitely feel tired every day, but every time I complete the work, I will feel very satisfied." Ma Hongda said, "After practicing for so many years, I have played 100% of the level on the stage of the World Championship. I have a clear conscience for this competition."

"Many people believe that plastering cannot see the technical content. But in the field of world competitions, the operational error often cannot exceed one millimeter." Whether it is clean, white and smooth is the most intuitive criterion for plastering. "I may not feel it verbally. If I have the chance, I will definitely bring the plastering tool to show you how to scrape putty."

Hangzhou No. 10 Middle School established Ma Hongda's "craftsmanship" studio

with one skill, which can move the world

as the " scraping putty champion" in their respective fields

At the meeting, Ma Hongda also shared a message with the third junior high school students, "Have a clear conscience" is the four words he often mentioned.

"In the third year of junior high school, you can work harder." As a veteran, Ma Hongda told his younger classmates, "What you are learning now is the basic knowledge you need to use in all walks of life in the future. For example, when I do plastering and partition walls, I must use mathematics when looking at drawings, participate in international competitions, and communicate with you. Learning hard is more important than anything else."

"If you decide to take the vocational education path in the future, you must also choose the major you like. Since you want to do it, you must do it well. It is the most important to have a clear conscience."

"One skill can move the world", this is the theme slogan of of the 46th World Skills Competition , and it is also Ma Hongda's motto. In his opinion, it is amazing to do anything to the extreme if you choose the professionalism you like.

Principal Chen Jiliang also said in his speech that society needs diversified talents and professional talents. This time, Ma Hongda returned with a gold medal in the World Skills Competition, which greatly inspired all teachers and students of No. 1 Middle School to further develop and grow in professional skills and personal expertise. "Everyone is a talent, everyone becomes a talent. I hope every student can play to their strengths and be the champion on their own life path!"

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