2002年，湖北省黄石市总工会在该市铁山区开展了面向社会公开选聘新建企业工会干部试点工作，在全国率先提出工会干部职业化、社会化改革的新思路，并大胆付诸实践，消息经媒体披露后，在全国工会系统产生了广泛而深刻的影响，一时间，公开选聘工会主席一事，成了人们关注的热? In 2002, the General Labor Union of Huangshi City of Hubei Province conducted a pilot project of selecting and employing cadres of newly established trade unions in the Tieshan District of the city. In the country, it first put forward new ideas for the professionalization and socialization reform of trade union cadres and put it into practice boldly. After the news was disclosed by the media, the system of trade unions in the country has had a widespread and profound impact. For a time, the fact that the election of trade union presidents openly became a hot issue of concern to the people.