尊敬的组委会主席，各位委员，在场的选手，主办方和各位来宾！
我谨代表乌克兰焊接协会，向参加“2012嘉克杯国际焊接大赛”开幕式的各位专业同行，致以最亲切的问候！
本次比赛是乌克兰代表第一次参加的在中国举办的焊接大赛。我们的代表队共有4名选手。其中有两名在去年的全国焊接大赛中获奖。
乌克兰代表队理解组委会为大赛的筹划准备付出的心血。本次比赛对于在各个焊接协会间推广专业焊接技能十分重要。我们相信比赛定会取得全满成功，同时期待比赛能成为全亚洲较大的焊接行业的传统盛会。
在乌克兰，每年的焊接专业技能比赛没有设定最大年龄限制。来自俄罗斯和白俄罗斯的代表们也会参加这些比赛。比赛通常在8月份举行，地点设在黑海沿岸的奥德赛市。我们很欣慰地看到其他国家的选手来参与乌克兰的比赛。
同样，乌克兰代表也经常参加俄罗斯和白俄罗斯举办的比赛，以及在捷克举办的20岁以下参赛者参与的国际比赛。如今，我们同样需要加强参与在中国举办的焊接竞赛。
焊接比赛能够帮助培养和完善各国专业人才的焊接方法，此类竞赛和展会都有助于加强各国焊接协会间的合作。我很肯定乌克兰代表队定会从此次比赛和交流中受益良多。
我想借此机会表示， 许多乌克兰与中国的机构和公司都有着长期的成功的合作。去年在中国，新的中乌焊接学会成立，我相信，这些良好的合作传统一定会继续下去。
最后，感谢大赛组委会在赛事筹备过程中所付出巨大努力，愿所有选手在诚信的基础上赛出风格，赛出水平！
GREETING
of vice-president of Ukrainian Welding Society
Prof. Anatoliy KAYDALOV
Honorable Chairman of Organizing Committee. Respected members, competitors, sponsors and guests!
On behalf of Ukrainian Welding Society and it’s vice-president Mr. Kaydalov I would like to greet all colleagues in profession gathered here and congratulate everyone with opening of “2012 ARC Cup International Welding Competition”.
It is the first time for Ukrainian specialists to participate in welding competition held in China. We have four competitors in our delegation (one for every nomination), two of which are the prizewinners of national welding competition held last year in Ukraine.
We know about the great work which Organizing Committee carried out to prepare the competition, and I think everybody agree, that it is very important event for all welding societies which can help to popularize the profession. We believe in success of the competition and hope that it will become the traditional and biggest in Asia.
Every year in Ukraine professional welders compete between one another without age limitation to share their experience and to demonstrate their skills. Representatives of Russia and Belarus also participate in it. The contest is always held in Odessa city on the coast of the Black Sea in August. We welcome welders from other countries to take part in our competition.
Ukrainian professional welders are often involved in competitions in Russian and Belarus as well as in international contests of young welders (up to 20 years old) in Czech Republic. Since today we will put our best efforts to come for welding competition in China.
Welding competitions and exhibitions help to develop and to perfect the methodology of personnel training in every country. Such events assist to strengthening of welding societies’ cooperation in various countries. I have no doubts that all of us will get a lot of useful information during this forum.
Taking this opportunity I would like to note that many of Ukrainian and Chinese organizations and companies have long and successful collaboration. Last year new Chinese-Ukrainian Institute of Welding was opened in China. I am sure that these good traditions of joint work will keep go on.
I thank the Organizing Committee for big effort in preparing welding competition and I wish to the competitors sure hand and honest struggle for victory!
