On May 9, 10 workers, including Tang Lingling, were named the 1st “Hubei Craftsmen”.

Tang, a spinning coach at Jihua 3542 Textile Co., Ltd., was Xiangyang's only worker honored.

“Hubei Craftsmen” is Hubei's top award for skill talents. From this year on, the award will be presented biennially. Each time 10 “Hubei Craftsmen”, 20 “Hubei Skill Masters” and 70 “Hubei Technical Experts” were rewarded with 500,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan respectively.