By relying on its technologies and leading position in the field of typesetting and printing, Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Founder Electronics") undertook the preliminary of the ¡§lithographic platemaking¡¨ competition. At the early stage, it participated in the technical expert working meeting that determined training and assessment materials and technical solutions to the lithographic platemaking competition and the work of amending the competition technical implementation plan, main points of proposition, adjudication rules and other technical documents. In addition, the Founder Electronics will also play an important role in providing judges, examination software and pre-examination training.

In August 2009, the State Council issued the Plan to Invigorate the Cultural Industry, which included the printing industry as one of the industries to be emphatically developed in future. While providing an important historical opportunity for China's printing industry to change "crises" into "opportunities", it also puts before the printing industry a new issue, namely the problem of shortage of talent that cannot be ignored.

Compared to the need for fast development of the printing industry, the cultivation of personnel with professional skills has become an obvious weak link. Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Bay are China's three major printing bases, of which Pearl River Delta faces a huge shortage of 100,000 people with printing skills. Really qualified highly skilled people are very difficult to find. Some industry insiders analyzed that the main cause behind the predicament of shortage of talent is "that most employees engaging in the printing industry have low levels of literacy and haven't received any formal training, especially there is a serious shortage of junior, intermediate and senior skilled printing workers. The lack of skilled people already seriously affects normal development of the industry. "

This is especially the case for lithographic platemaking. Lithographic platemaking is China's mainstream printing technology. It accounts for more than 60% of the production capacity of the printing industry and represents the overall level of China's current printing technology. Lithographic platemaking occupies a vital position in the entire production process and the level of plate-making directly affects the final printing quality. Therefore, it is very important to cultivate outstanding lithographic platemaking personnel with professional skills.

We need to mobilize the forces of all sectors of society to cultivate talented persons. It is even more incumbent on Founder Electronics as a national enterprise serving in the printing industry for more than 20 years to take responsibility. As early as 2008, Founder Electronics cooperated with the Printing Technology Association of China to write the National Occupational Standard for Lithographic Platemaking, which replaced the original standard for technical grading of workers to become the only basis for appraisal and assessment of lithographic plate-making jobs after being officially promulgated by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, played an important role in training and identifying China's highly skilled personnel for pre-press platemaking and became the designated teaching materials for lithographic printing in this competition.

Founder Electronics always leads the direction of technical innovation in the printing field. From laser photo typesetting to whole process digital publishing solutions, Founder controls more than 90% of the domestic market for typesetting systems and output equipment of newspaper offices and publishing houses. Founder Electronics has unique advantages in areas ranging from software development to hardware equipment when it comes to pre-press "lithographic platemaking¡¨. As to technology accumulation, while seeking development, Founder Electronics shoulders the responsibility for promoting the development of national printing industry. The concerted efforts of Founder Electronics and various parties in the industry will surely improve the quality of technical personnel in China's printing industry effectively.