Preciseness and patience were the most valuable lessons that Xu Jiakun received during his four-week training in Germany in November last year.

Xu, 40, a senior mechanician at Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group in East China's Zhejiang province, participated in an overseas training program that the province's labor authorities arranged for local skilled workers.

Xu does high-pressure pipe and furnace repair work so he received welding training at a technical training center in Berlin.