---On 19th August, the opening ceremony
of "Training Workshop on SHP Technology for French-speaking
Countries in Africa", which is one of the foreign-aid
projects of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and is undertaken
by HRC, was held in the multi-functional hall of HRC in
the beautiful city of Hangzhou. 36 officials and engineers
in the fields of water conservancy, electric power and
other fields from 15 African countries includes Chad,
Burundi, Benin, Rwanda, Togo, Congo (Brazzaville), Comoros,
Niger, Mali, Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, Gabon,
Guinea, Tunisia, Madagascar, attended the opening ceremony.
Four participants from Senegal and Algeria will arrive
at HRC later due to the flight schedule.
At the opening ceremony, Director of
HRC, Ms. Cheng Xialei delivered a cordial speech to extend
her welcome to all the participants who had travelled
a long distance to attend the training workshop in "the
family of SHP in the world" ---- HRC. She briefly
introduced the development of SHP in China and its technical
experience and characteristics, hoping that all the participants
could take full advantage of this international training
workshop to conduct in-depth exchange and discussion of
SHP technology and experience so as to jointly promote
global SHP development. Meanwhile, Ms. Cheng wished that
during their stay in Hangzhou, all the participants would
have a fruitful and pleasant time here either in term
of studying or of living. Honorary Director of HRC, Mr.
Zhu Xiaozhang mentioned in his speech that training programs
on SHP technology is an important embodiment of promoting
south-south cooperation. He hoped that Chinese SHP development
experience and technology which had been accumulated after
years of repeated practice could be shared by SHP counterparts
in other countries and he put forward proposals that our
participants should choose what is the "fittest"
according to concrete situation in their countries, rather
than simply copy or imitate; meanwhile, HRC is eager to
share the development experience of all participating
countries in the field of renewable energy.
Monitor of this training workshop, Mr.
Idrice from Benin, addressed on behalf of all the participants.
"We are very pleased to be invited here. As the authorities
in energy field of African French-speaking countries,
we hope that this training workshop could be helpful in
enhancing our capacity in SHP technology. We expect to
enjoy our time while staying in HRC, at the same time,
please allow me to make a pledge to Director Cheng that
all our participants will make great effort to ensure
the successful conduction of this training workshop. We
will apply what we have learnt in this workshop to SHP
development. Once again, thank you for your contribution
to the development of Africa, especially for your contribution
to African French-speaking countries in energy domains."
The opening ceremony marks the initiation
of the 42 days' training workshop. HRC will make every
effort to guarantee the smooth and fruitful implementation
of the training workshop. (2011-08-24)
