Coffee Aroma Fills Ningbo, Skills Light Up the Future

Brief (coffeeyo.com): On the afternoon of Aug. 24, Ningbo held the awards ceremony for its 2026 Coffee Barista Vocational Skills Competition, celebrating a new generation of local “Yongcheng coffee artisans” and the city’s full industry-chain vitality from bean to cup.

On the afternoon of Aug. 24, Ningbo held the awards ceremony for the 2026 Ningbo Coffee Barista Vocational Skills Competition (the “Group of Heroes” contest). More than a hundred guests from government authorities, industry associations, award-winning contestants and enterprises witnessed this coffee celebration on site.

The skills competition aimed to expand Ningbo’s team of high-skilled coffee talent and advance the continuous upgrading of the “Zhejiang-made Fine Foods · Ala Flavor Praise” industry. Hu Jiren from Zhejiang Shangxia Coffee Roasting Co., Ltd. won the first prize with his solid theoretical grounding and superb hands-on skill; Zhu Lukai of Ningbo Haiya Yuncang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. and Wang Hao of Zhejiang Hengyi Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. took the second prize; Zhou Jingran, Zhuang Qi and Zheng Guobin (three contestants) won the third prize; and ten contestants including Ma Luyu and Zhang Yi received excellence awards.

At the ceremony, leaders from the Ningbo Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and the Municipal Market Supervision Administration presented the award winners with honorary certificates, vocational-skill-level certificates and individual awards. Representative winners said one after another that the contest was not only a test of personal skill but also a valuable platform to exchange with peers and learn from industry seniors, and they would continue to refine their craft and inject more vitality into Ningbo’s coffee industry in the future.

At the on-site “Coffee Charm Showcase,” baristas demonstrated siphon coffee-making techniques, and locally distinctive flavored coffees also made a stunning debut.

At the same time, the strategic memorandum of the Ningbo Baking & Coffee Industry Chain Alliance was formally signed. Representatives of companies including Gangyagou, Jialian, Chuju and Kangmao pressed their handprints on the big screen, marking a key step in the deep integration of policy, R&D, supply-chain and consumer-end resources.

“This competition not only selected a batch of technically solid ‘Yongcheng coffee artisans,’ but also demonstrated the full industry-chain vitality of Ningbo’s coffee sector — from bean to cup, from equipment to cultural tourism,” said a relevant official of the Ningbo Market Supervision Administration. “We will continue to safeguard the industry’s development with ’embedded’ services, lead with brand building, and keep pushing the coffee industry toward standardization, branding and cluster development, striving to contribute more coffee (‘ka’) power on the road to industrial integration and common prosperity.”

The Market Supervision Administration of Ningbo’s Zhenhai District presented the Ningbo Baking & Coffee Industry Chain Alliance with a “regulation-and-policy gift pack,” containing the new rules on commissioned food production, intellectual-property policy, a standards-and-metrology guide and “first-lesson-on-entering-the-market” coaching materials. Aiqu Coffee Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. then delivered a mini open class, sharing on site how AI technology empowers optimization of coffee-roasting curves.

Source: Ningbo local media / China Coffee Network.

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