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ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 (APP):The International (Wuhan) Intelligent Construction Industry Expo- 2025 successfully concluded at the China Optics Valley Convention and Exhibition Center on Thursday.
Jointly organized by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau (CCTEB), Huawei, Tsinghua University’s School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, the Hubei Provincial Construction Industry Association, and 25 other partners, the three-day event attracted over 36,000 visitors.
The expo featured seven major exhibition zones, showcased more than 1,300 innovative achievements, and achieved a total contract value exceeding 5.5 billion RMB.
With the theme “Developing the Industrial Internet and Building Better Housing,” the expo gathered leaders from government, industry, academia, and research to explore new paths for high-quality development in intelligent construction.
From the “International Cooperation Conference on Smart Construction” to the “AI and Intelligent Construction Forum,” the event highlighted cutting-edge technologies and promoted collaborative innovation across the global construction industry.
Talking on the sidelines, the Chairman CCTEB Chen Weiguo said that the essence of intelligent construction is “empowering people with technology” rather than replacing human resources.
“It can reduce repetitive physical labor and enable local employees to shift to higher-value positions such as technical operations and project management. The Luban Craftsman Program launched by us is the core carrier for the skill upgrading of Pakistani employees and the reserve of core talents.”
The chairman CCTEB added, “Based on this program, we will upgrade the ‘technology plus management’ dual-track training system, include key skills such as intelligent tower crane control, construction robot operation and digital project management into compulsory courses, and co-build intelligent construction talent training bases with local universities in Pakistan to realize the skill iteration of existing Pakistani employees.”
He added, “On the other hand, for Pakistani students studying in China, we have reached cooperation with many domestic universities, integrated cutting-edge content such as intelligent construction and green low-carbon into the teaching of relevant majors, and regularly organized ‘Project Open Day’ activities to invite international students to enter the intelligent construction site, intuitively feel the application of technology, reserve future professional talents for China-Pakistan infrastructure cooperation, and continuously consolidate the local infrastructure talent echelon in Pakistan.”
Talking about the flagship PKM project which provided a large number of employment opportunities for Pakistan, he said in the era of intelligent construction, the company continues to give priority to recruiting and hiring local Pakistani employees as its core principle of CCTEB’s overseas development.
“This principle will not change in the era of intelligent construction. The application of intelligent construction technology will not only not reduce the total employment volume, but also optimize the employment structure.”
He said, “It will not only spawn high-tech positions such as construction robot operation, digital monitoring and intelligent operation and maintenance, but also retain and upgrade basic positions such as project management, supply chain coordination and community communication, so that the total employment volume will remain stable and the quality will continue to improve.”
He said that for Pakistani employees with different skill levels, we will adopt a ‘hierarchical training plus precise adaptation’ mechanism to make Pakistani employees of different skill levels make the best use of their talents, basic positions ensure stable employment, and technical positions realize capacity upgrading through free systematic training, so as to ensure the smooth transition of local employees from labor participation to technical cooperation, and continuously create dignified employment opportunities with development space.
Chaiman Weiguo said “Pakistan’s construction needs for good houses and good urban areas are highly consistent with CCTEB’s development direction. “We look forward to taking this conference as an opportunity to reach three major practical cooperation with Pakistan, first, co-building an intelligent construction technology standard system, promoting the in-depth integration of internationally advanced technologies with local infrastructure standards in Pakistan, and making technology application more suitable for local needs.
He added, the second one is implementing intelligent construction demonstration projects, building benchmark projects in fields such as residential buildings, municipal engineering and environmental protection, and verifying the practicality and local adaptation of technologies.
“Third is building a platform for technology transfer and localized production to help Pakistan cultivate an independent and controllable intelligent construction industrial ecosystem and achieve ‘teaching people to fish’.”
He said,”At present, we are conducting intensive docking with relevant parties. If phased signing or cooperation consensus is reached, we will announce it as soon as possible, jointly witness the practical results of China-Pakistan intelligent construction cooperation, and work together to build more projects benefiting the people”.