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The “2025 Asia Skills Competition” concluded successfully on November 30. The Taiwan delegation defended its overall team championship title amid fierce competition from 30 participating countries. Among the five bronze medals in the youth category, one was claimed by Lin Chen-Yi, an alumnus of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at Feng Chia University. In the high-intensity “Cloud Computing” category, Lin remained composed under pressure from strong competitors from Japan, Korea, and other countries, securing a valuable medal for Taiwan.
According to the Ministry of Labor, Taiwan sent 49 national representatives this year, facing top technical talents from across Asia in an especially intense contest. Lin Chen-Yi took on the challenge with just over a month of preparation, having only qualified as a national representative on October 20. Thanks to the solid training and strong stress resilience developed at Feng Chia, Lin ultimately won the bronze medal in the Cloud Computing category, bringing honor to both Feng Chia University and the Taiwan team.
Lin Chen-Yi (first from the right), an alumnus of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at Feng Chia University, was awarded the bronze medal in the “Cloud Computing” category at the 2025 Asia Skills Competition.
The competition lasted for three days. On the first day, the exam questions were set by the chief judge from Korea, following the style of Korea’s domestic competitions. Contestants were required to deploy non-cloud-native open-source services from scratch and were mandated to use Kubernetes technology. Lin Chen-Yi, who is less experienced in this area, rated himself “about third place,” but was not discouraged and quickly adjusted his pace.
On the second day, during AWS GameDay, he demonstrated his training advantage, leading the second-place contestant by about 10% in the performance category and steadily accumulating points. On the final day, AWS Jam, he once again tied with top competitors from Japan and Korea with a perfect score, showcasing his ability to compete with Asia’s best.
“Only by participating in person did I realize that there are always stronger competitors among the strong,” Lin Chen-Yi shared after the competition. He gave his all in every challenge, and achieving results on par with the highly skilled contestants from Japan and Korea confirmed his ability to reach Asia’s top standards. He also emphasized that this experience will motivate him to continue improving.
He expressed special thanks to Professor Ju-Chuan Wu and Professor Shu-Mei Lee, who have supported his training for the past five years, as well as Professor Feng-Cheng Lin, who traveled north to cheer him on during the competition. “Without the Cloud Innovation School team at Feng Chia University, I wouldn’t have been able to stay calm and complete all the challenges on such an international stage.”
Professor Feng-Cheng Lin (first from the left) of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at Feng Chia University traveled north especially to cheer for Lin Chen-Yi.
Advisor Ju-Chuan Wu stated that Cloud Computing is a newly added and highly demanding skill category in the WorldSkills Competition in recent years. Contestants must complete multiple tasks—including cloud architecture design, deployment, automation, performance optimization, cybersecurity management, and Kubernetes—entirely in an online environment, with requirements approaching enterprise-level standards. Lin Chen-Yi’s outstanding performance in such a high-intensity, cross-disciplinary competition is the result of years of hands-on experience.
Looking ahead, he has set his sights on the WorldSkills International Competition to be held in Shanghai in September 2026, hoping to turn the experience gained from this Asia competition into momentum for further progress and to strive for another medal for Taiwan.
After the competition, Lin Chen-Yi stated that he has set his sights on the WorldSkills International Competition to be held in Shanghai next September, hoping to achieve even more outstanding results for Taiwan.
In recent years, Feng Chia University has actively promoted interdisciplinary learning and industry-academia collaboration, with the Cloud Innovation School becoming a key training base for cloud talent in central Taiwan. The school has won medals in national and regional competitions for five consecutive years and has successfully cultivated two national representatives for the WorldSkills Competition. Lin Chen-Yi’s outstanding performance once again demonstrates the competitiveness of Feng Chia students on the international stage. Especially as Taiwan returns to hosting the WorldSkills International Competition after 32 years, his medal carries even greater symbolic significance, bringing pride and honor to all faculty and students of the university.
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