---On July 7, 2010, 28 days of 2010
Seminar on Rural Electrification for Developing Countries
was concluded smoothly. The grand closing ceremony was
held in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere in the Conference
Hall at Ruidi Hotel with the attendance of 30 participants
from 13 developing countries of Africa including Botswana
and Zimbabwe. Director of HRC Mrs. Cheng Xialei, Honorary
Director Mr. Zhu Xiaozhang, Deputy Director of National
Research Institute for Rural Electrification Mr. Xu Jincai
and Chief of foreign affairs and training division Mr.
Pan Daqing attended the closing ceremony.
Director of HRC Mrs. Cheng Xialei firstly
gave a speech; she made a brief summary of this seminar
such as curriculum design, study tours, and country report
presentation, then expressed her sincere gratitude to
the three monitors who have made contribution to the class
communication and organization. In her speech, Director
Cheng said that as "the family of SHP in the world",
HRC is willing and has the ability to provide service
for rural electrification and SHP development in developing
countries, and would appreciate it if the participants
could play a more active role in the development of rural
electrification in their respective country while keeping
close contact with HRC, and working on a win-win situation.
Thereafter, Honorary Director Mr. Zhu Xiaozhang expressed
his congratulations to the participants in completing
all the courses successfully, and hoped that they gain
knowledge, self-confidence through the study, thus playing
a more important role in small hydropower and rural electrification
development in their respective country.
Monitor Raphael from Zimbabwe made
a speech on behalf of all the participants. First he expressed
his sincere gratitude to the Chinese government for giving
them such a good opportunity, and gave his thanks to the
leaders and the staff of HRC. In his speech he mentioned
that in the 28 days during the seminar all the participants
not only had a pleasant stay in China, but also learned
a lot of knowledge about small hydro power, wind power
and solar power, which is of great help for their respective
country's rural electrification development. He firmly
believes that the good relationship between China and
African countries will go on generation after generation,
hoping that HRC will provide more consulting and technical
services. They'll maintain close contact with HRC to promote
further cooperation.
Next is the ceremony of certificates
distribution. All the participants are grateful to get
the certificates issued by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
Chief of Foreign Affairs and Training Division Mr. Pan
presented three exquisite gifts to the three monitors
to thank them for their efforts of coordination. Meanwhile,
HRC had prepared for each participant a large capacity
disk, containing all the participants' information, teaching
materials, country report, photos and Chinese classical
music.
Memories of study tours to China's
wind power companies and hydropower equipment manufacturers,
various types of power plants including the Three Gorges
project and visiting Shanghai's expo, driving along the
world's longest bridge across the sea and so on will be
deeply engraved in the mind of every participant.
Some participants commented in their
reports:
"I was much impressed by the level
of professionalism shown by all lecturers. They were so
dedicated and mastered so well their subjects that it
was a real pleasure to follow such instructive classes."
"The most exciting moment of
this seminar was obviously the visit to the Three Gorges
Power Station. I would have never imagined that once in
my lifetime, I would be able to stare at one of the greatest
state of the art man-made achievement. When I think about
it, I just could not realize how lucky I am and how amazing
this achievement is!"
"I learned a lot from the seminar
on ways a country can turn around the existing natural
resources by pulling together for the benefit of its inhabitants."(2010-07-13)
